---
title: Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit." Th… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit." The takeaway is £15 a week. How many weeks without it pay for the trip? Test 8 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t8/)

<!-- 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/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [When money is tight: "we can't afford…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/) / t8

# Test 8 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit." The takeaway is £15 a week. How many weeks without it pay for the trip?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, many weeks · **What happens:** say, find, pay · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money 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/money/23-when-money-is-tight/#t8).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:1
# text = Ellie's mum says, "I'll find the £30, but no takeaway for a bit."
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** *in a quote* | future | Ellie's mum *= mum* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Topic |

<!-- .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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* The takeaway is £15 a week.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:2
# text = The takeaway is £15 a week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	takeaway	takeaway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 3:* How many weeks without it pay for the trip?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:3
# text = How many weeks without it pay for the trip?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | many weeks without takeaway |  |  |  |  | for the trip | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for trip=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
3 weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:o1:1
# text = 3 weeks
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
30 weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:o2:1
# text = 30 weeks
1	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
2 weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:o3:1
# text = 2 weeks
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
15 weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t8:o4:1
# text = 15 weeks
1	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- 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: [When money is tight: "we can't afford…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t7/)
- next →: [When money is tight: "we can't afford…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/t9/)
- ↑ back to [When money is tight: "we can't afford it"](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/23-when-money-is-tight/)