--- title: "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke hi… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics description: "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke his leg." What happened to the holiday? Test 13 of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t13/) [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: drinking a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/) / t13 # Test 13 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio… "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke his leg." What happened to the holiday? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate, Dad · **What happens:** book, have, break, happen · **To what, where:** holiday, other plans, leg This is test 13 of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» 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/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke his leg." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:1 # text = "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke his leg." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 booked book VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **book** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the holiday | | | | all *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | fate | other plans | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | past | Dad | Dad's leg | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient | 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 happened to the holiday? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:2 # text = What happened to the holiday? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | to the holiday | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It was moved to the seaside ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:o1:1 # text = It was moved to the seaside 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 seaside seaside NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | It | | the seaside | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to seaside=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was paid for twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:o2:1 # text = It was paid for twice 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay for** | past · passive | | It | | | | twice *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was even better ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:o3:1 # text = It was even better 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It did not happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t13:o4:1 # text = It did not happen 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **happen** | past · do-support | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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