--- title: mum n dad keep whispering about money, should i give them my savings — Worry and sadness · tree and pragmatics description: mum n dad keep whispering about money, should i give them my savings Test 12 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/t12/) [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/) / [Worry and sadness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/91-worry-and-sadness/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Worry and sadness mum n dad keep whispering about money, should i give them my savings **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, i, my · **What happens:** keep, whisper, give, save · **To what, where:** savings, mum This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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/91-worry-and-sadness/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t12:1 # text = mum n dad keep whispering about money, should i give them my savings 1 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 n n X FW _ 3 compound _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 whispering whisper VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | mum and n dad | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | gerund | mum and n dad *not said here* | | | | | about money | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about money=Topic | | 3 | **give** | should | i | my savings | mum | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient savings=Theme | | 4 | **save** | | my | | | | | | nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Money at home is a grown-up problem to sort out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t12:o1:1 # text = Money at home is a grown-up problem to sort out 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | Money at home | a grown problem | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sort out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, and get a job after school ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, and get a job after school 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a job | | | after school | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Worry about it every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t12:o3:1 # text = Worry about it every night 1 Worry worry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nmod _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, children must help pay the bills when money is short ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:91-worry-and-sadness:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, children must help pay the bills when money is short 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bills bill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 10 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | must | children | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **pay** | infinitive | children *not said here* | the bills | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset | | 3 | **is** | present | money | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | **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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