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title: "boss says we're furloughed till March, so like paid holiday??" — is… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics
description: "boss says we're furloughed till March, so like paid holiday??" — is it a paid holiday? Test 5 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…

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"boss says we're furloughed till March, so like paid holiday??" — is it a paid holiday?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boss · **What happens:** say, furlough, pay, be · **To what, where:** we, paid holiday · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t5:1
# text = "boss says we're furloughed till March, so like paid holiday??" — is it a paid holiday?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	furloughed	furlough	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | boss |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **furlough** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | we |  |  | march |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present | boss | a paid holiday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it is a paid holiday for everybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t5:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is a paid holiday for everybody
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a paid holiday |  |  |  | for everybody | tree rules |

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

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No, they are sent home, often without pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t5:o2:1
# text = No, they are sent home, often without pay
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | without pay; home, often *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they must work at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t5:o3:1
# text = No, they must work at home
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | must | they |  |  |  |  | at home | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at home=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they get double pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, they get double pay
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | they | double pay |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pay=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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