--- title: Your little brother says, "When you grow up the mess just goes away… — Looking after yourself and a home · tree and pragmatics description: Your little brother says, "When you grow up the mess just goes away by itself." Put him right. Test 2 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/t2/) [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/) / [Looking after yourself and a home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/) / t2 # Test 2 · Looking after yourself and a home Your little brother says, "When you grow up the mess just goes away by itself." Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother, you · **What happens:** say, grow up, go away, put · **To what, where:** mess, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and a home» 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/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little brother says, "When you grow up the mess just goes away by itself." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:1 # text = Your little brother says, "When you grow up the mess just goes away by itself." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your little brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow up** *in a quote* | present | you | the mess | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mess=Theme | | 3 | **go away** *in a quote* | present | Your little brother *not said here* | | | | | by mess; away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location | 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:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | brother | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, someone has to clean, and alone it's you ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:o1:1 # text = No, someone has to clean, and alone it's you 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 clean clean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 cop _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | someone | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **clean** | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | you | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, the landlord comes round to tidy up ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:o2:1 # text = Yes, the landlord comes round to tidy up 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 tidy tidy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come round** | present | the landlord | | | | | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tidy up** | to-infinitive | the landlord *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, grown-ups just never make a mess ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:o3:1 # text = No, grown-ups just never make a mess 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ups up NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **make** | infinitive | grown ups | a mess | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mess=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, grown-up homes somehow stay clean on their own ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:t2:o4:1 # text = Yes, grown-up homes somehow stay clean on their own 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | present | grown homes | | | homes's own | | clean, somehow *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location | **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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