---
title: Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered." Wh… — When Grandma and Grandad need more help · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered." What is happening? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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 rig
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/t6/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [When Grandma and Grandad need more help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/) / t6

# Test 6 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered." What is happening?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, you, I · **What happens:** exhaust, work, lot, be, happen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/#t6).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:1
# text = Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	knackered	knackered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 's Gran | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lot** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | knackered *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What is happening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:2
# 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	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum is cross because Gran has moved in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:o1:1
# text = Mum is cross because Gran has moved in
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move in** | present · perfect | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum has a second job working at Gran's café

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:o2:1
# text = Mum has a second job working at Gran's café
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mum | a second job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | a second job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Gran's café | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at café=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum is training for a long-distance race

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:o3:1
# text = Mum is training for a long-distance race
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	training	train	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  |  |  | for a distance race | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum is caring for Gran on top of work and family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help:t6:o4:1
# text = Mum is caring for Gran on top of work and family
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  | top of work and family |  | for Gran | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for gran=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [When Grandma and Grandad need more help, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/t5/)
- next →: [When Grandma and Grandad need more help, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/t7/)
- ↑ back to [When Grandma and Grandad need more help](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/)