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title: Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the… — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit." What is going on? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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
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# Test 10 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

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Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit." What is going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** put, go on · **To what, where:** holiday

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:1
# text = Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
15	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | present · progressive | we | holiday |  |  |  | towards the house deposit | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:2
# text = What is going on?
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	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The landlord has asked for a holiday fee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:o1:1
# text = The landlord has asked for a holiday fee
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect · passive |  | the landlord |  |  |  | for a holiday fee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They are saving for a big sum to buy a home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:o2:1
# text = They are saving for a big sum to buy a home
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | for a big sum | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for sum=Source |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | a home |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They have lost all their money for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:o3:1
# text = They have lost all their money for good
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | They | their money |  |  |  | for good | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The house deposit is a holiday company that sells trips

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:t10:o4:1
# text = The house deposit is a holiday company that sells trips
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	trips	trip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the house deposit | a holiday company |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | present | a holiday company | trips |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Theme |

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