--- title: The shop owner sighs: "Bit of a cash flow problem, lads, wages next… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: The shop owner sighs: "Bit of a cash flow problem, lads, wages next week." What is going on? 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What is going on? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shop owner · **What happens:** sigh, wage, go on · **To what, where:** Bit This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» 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/20-debt-and-jobs/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The shop owner sighs: "Bit of a cash flow problem, lads, wages next week." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t10:1 # text = The shop owner sighs: "Bit of a cash flow problem, lads, wages next week." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sighs sigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 wages wage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | present | the shop owner | Bit of a flow problem and lads | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wage** *in a quote* | present | the shop owner *not said here* | | | | week | | 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 is going on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs: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 _ _ ``` | # | 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} The till is broken ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t10:o1:1 # text = The till is broken 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · passive | | the till | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He cannot pay the wages now ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t10:o2:1 # text = He cannot pay the wages now 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **pay** | can | He | the wages | | | now | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wage=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is giving a bonus ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t10:o3:1 # text = He is giving a bonus 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bonus bonus NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · progressive | He | a bonus | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bonus=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The shop is closing for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t10:o4:1 # text = The shop is closing for good 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 closing close VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present · progressive | the shop | | | | | for good | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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