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title: Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cupp… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics
description: Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa." ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.) The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights. How much do they save? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

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Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa." ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.) The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights. How much do they save?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aunt, Cwtch, hotel · **What happens:** say, come, stay, give, be, save · **To what, where:** cwtch, you, Welsh word, 5 nights, much · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:1
# text = Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa."
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cwtch	cwtch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cuppa	cuppa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Aunt in Wales |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | Aunt in Wales *= aunt* | a cwtch and a cuppa | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cwtch=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:2
# text = ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Cwtch	Cwtch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Cwtch | a Welsh word |  |  |  | for a cuddle | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:3
# text = The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the hotel | 5 nights |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | would | cwtch |  |  |  | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* How much do they save?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:4
# text = How much do they save?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present · do-support | cwtch | much |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£400

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:o1:1
# text = £400
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	400	400	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£84

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:o2:1
# text = £84
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	84	84	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£240

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:o3:1
# text = £240
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	240	240	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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£320

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t9:o4:1
# text = £320
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	320	320	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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