--- title: Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we… — When someone dies · tree and pragmatics description: Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." Why is so much food arriving? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t9/) [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 someone dies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · When someone dies Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." Why is so much food arriving? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, one more lasagne, we, much food · **What happens:** laugh, come, have, open, be · **To what, where:** door, restaurant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 24 «When someone dies» 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/24-when-someone-dies/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:1 # text = Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tiredly tiredly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 lasagne lasagne NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 11 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 restaurant restaurant NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | Dad | | | | | tiredly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | one more lasagne | | | that door | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **open** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | a restaurant | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location restaurant=Theme | 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:* Why is so much food arriving? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:2 # text = Why is so much food arriving? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | much food | | | | | arrive *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Dad has started a business selling lasagne ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:o1:1 # text = Dad has started a business selling lasagne 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 selling sell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 lasagne lasagne NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present · perfect | Dad | a business | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality | | 2 | **sell** | gerund | a business *not said here* | lasagne | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lasagne=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The family is having a big birthday party ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:o2:1 # text = The family is having a big birthday party 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · progressive | the family | a big birthday party | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} People bring food to a grieving family to show they care ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:o3:1 # text = People bring food to a grieving family to show they care 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 grieving grieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | People | food | | a grieving family | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to family=Destination | | 2 | **grieve** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | People *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **care** | present | People | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} The neighbours want to empty their own freezers ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t9:o4:1 # text = The neighbours want to empty their own freezers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 empty empty VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 freezers freezer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | the neighbours | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **empty** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the neighbours *not said here* | neighbours's own freezers | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent freezer=Source | **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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