--- title: "We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." Why is ther… — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics description: "We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." Why is there no trip? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t7/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: animals an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and… "We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." Why is there no trip? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We, money · **What happens:** not do, be · **To what, where:** trip This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:1 # text = "We can't do the trip, money's a bit tight, sorry love." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | We | the trip | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | money | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; tight *property* | 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:* Why is there no trip? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:2 # text = Why is there no trip? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Love is busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:o1:1 # text = Love is busy 1 Love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Love | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They do not have enough money ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:o2:1 # text = They do not have enough money 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | They | enough money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The car is too small ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:o3:1 # text = The car is too small 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the car | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The trip is far too far away to drive ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t7:o4:1 # text = The trip is far too far away to drive 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 trip trip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the trip | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive | the trip *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | **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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