---
title: heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the… — Fire at home · tree and pragmatics
description: heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the dog and never came out Test 17 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire at home» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t17/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Fire at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/) / t17

# Test 17 · ★ · Fire at home

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the dog and never came out

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** house, dad · **What happens:** hear, burn down, go back, not come out

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 34 «Fire at home» of the everyday 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/everyday/34-fire-at-home/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t17:1
# text = heard a family's house burned down and the dad went back in for the dog and never came out
1	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | a family's house *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **burn down** | past | a family's house |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go back** | past | the dad |  |  |  |  | for the dog | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **come out** | past | a family's house *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It proves house fires only happen to families with dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t17:o1:1
# text = It proves house fires only happen to families with dogs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | present | house fires |  |  |  |  | to families; with dogs | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is gossip, so going back in is fine if you are quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t17:o2:1
# text = It is gossip, so going back in is fine if you are quick
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | going |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: once out of a fire, never go back inside, not even for a pet

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t17:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: once out of a fire, never go back inside, not even for a pet
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go back** | infinitive |  |  |  | a fire |  | a pet *vocative*; inside, once *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real lesson: dogs always find their own way out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:34-fire-at-home:t17:o4:1
# text = Real lesson: dogs always find their own way out
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | dogs | dogs's own way |  |  |  | always, out *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Fire at home, test 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t16/)
- next →: [Fire at home, test 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/t18/)
- ↑ back to [Fire at home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/34-fire-at-home/)