--- title: Mum scrolls the statement and gasps "What's this £9.99 every month s… — Cards, banks and apps · tree and pragmatics description: Mum scrolls the statement and gasps "What's this £9.99 every month since March??" What has probably happened? 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What has probably happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum · **What happens:** scroll, gasp, be, happen · **To what, where:** statement, £ month This is test 6 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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/7-cards-banks-and-apps/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum scrolls the statement and gasps "What's this £9.99 every month since March??" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:1 # text = Mum scrolls the statement and gasps "What's this £9.99 every month since March??" 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scrolls scroll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gasps gasp VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 £ £ SYM $ _ 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 9.99 9.99 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 since since ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scroll** | present | Mum | the statement | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gasp** | present | Mum *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | every £ month | | | march | | tree rules | 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 has probably happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:2 # text = What has probably happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present · perfect | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The bank has given her a present each month ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:o1:1 # text = The bank has given her a present each month 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bank bank 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 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | the bank | | | month | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A forgotten subscription kept taking money ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:o2:1 # text = A forgotten subscription kept taking money 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 subscription subscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | a forgotten subscription | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | gerund | a forgotten subscription *not said here* | money | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The cash machine charged her once ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:o3:1 # text = The cash machine charged her once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | past | the cash machine | | her *= she* | | | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Someone paid her back for a takeaway ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t6:o4:1 # text = Someone paid her back for a takeaway 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 takeaway takeaway NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay back** | past | Someone | her *= she* | | | | for a takeaway | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Asset for takeaway=Theme | **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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