--- title: Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his hea… — A new baby in the house · tree and pragmatics description: Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave." What is happening? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [A new baby in the house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · A new baby in the house Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave." What is happening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** have, pour, behave, happen · **To what, where:** water, head This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:1 # text = Gran: "Sunday, church at eleven, he's having water poured on his head, so behave." 1 Gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Gran | water | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 2 | **pour** *in a quote* | participle | | water *not said here* | | Gran's head | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **behave** *in a quote* | infinitive | Gran | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What is happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:2 # text = What is happening? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The baby's first swimming lesson ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:o1:1 # text = The baby's first swimming lesson 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A wedding in the family ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:o2:1 # text = A wedding in the family 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The baby's christening ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:o3:1 # text = The baby's christening 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **christen** | | the baby | | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The baby's first birthday party ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t11:o4:1 # text = The baby's first birthday party 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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