--- title: A letter from your phone company: "From June there will be a small p… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: A letter from your phone company: "From June there will be a small price adjustment." What is going to happen? 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What is going to happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** letter · **What happens:** be, go, happen · **To what, where:** small price adjustment This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» 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/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A letter from your phone company: "From June there will be a small price adjustment." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:1 # text = A letter from your phone company: "From June there will be a small price adjustment." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 From from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 adjustment adjustment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | a letter from your phone company | a small price adjustment | | | | | 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 to happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:2 # text = What is going to happen? 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 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing will change ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:o1:1 # text = Nothing will change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | future | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Your phone will be fixed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:o2:1 # text = Your phone will be fixed 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | future · passive | | Your phone | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} You will pay less ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:o3:1 # text = You will pay less 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | future | You | less | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Asset | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You will pay more ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t3:o4:1 # text = You will pay more 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | future | You | more | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset | **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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