--- title: Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" Wha… — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" What do taxes pay for? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/t8/) [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/) / [Where money comes from](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Where money comes from Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" What do taxes pay for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Taxman, we, taxes · **What happens:** grumble, take, get, pay · **To what, where:** lot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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/5-where-money-comes-from/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:1 # text = Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grumbling grumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Taxman taxman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Taxman | the lot | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present · do-support | we | | | | | for Taxman | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for it=Source | 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 do taxes pay for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:2 # text = What do taxes pay for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 taxes tax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present · do-support | taxes | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, the money is thrown away ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing, the money is thrown away 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | present · passive | | Nothing | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only the taxman's own salary and his big house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:o2:1 # text = Only the taxman's own salary and his big house 1 Only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 taxman taxman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 salary salary NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Holidays for people in government ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:o3:1 # text = Holidays for people in government 1 Holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Schools, hospitals, roads, police and benefits ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t8:o4:1 # text = Schools, hospitals, roads, police and benefits 1 Schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 benefits benefit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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