--- title: What would happen if a family had no emergency fund when the boiler… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a family had no emergency fund when the boiler broke? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/t4/) [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/) / [Saving for holidays and big things](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things What would happen if a family had no emergency fund when the boiler broke? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family, boiler · **What happens:** happen, have, break · **To what, where:** emergency fund This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» 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/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a family had no emergency fund when the boiler broke? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 9 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 fund fund NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boiler boiler NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a family | no emergency fund | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fund=Patient | | 3 | **break** | past | the boiler | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, because boilers never cost much money ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, because boilers never cost much money 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 boilers boiler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cost cost VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cost** | present | boilers | much money | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value | ### Option 2 {#o2} The boiler would fix itself after a while ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t4:o2:1 # text = The boiler would fix itself after a while 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boiler boiler NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | would | the boiler | boiler | | | while | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They might have to borrow and pay interest on top ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t4:o3:1 # text = They might have to borrow and pay interest on top 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | might | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **borrow** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pay** | infinitive | They *not said here* | interest | | top | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} The council would always buy them a new one ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t4:o4:1 # text = The council would always buy them a new one 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | would | the council | them *= they* | | | | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary one=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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