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title: A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("n… — Saving up for a game · tree and pragmatics
description: A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing). Which money idea is that? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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 wa
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Saving up for a game

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A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing). Which money idea is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Yorkshire grandad, nowt · **What happens:** say, come, not wait, mean, be · **To what, where:** them, nothing, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:1
# text = A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	nowt	nowt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	nowt	nowt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
22	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Yorkshire grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | nowt |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | future |  |  |  |  |  | lad *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **mean** | present | nowt | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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:* Which money idea is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:2
# text = Which money idea is that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Saving and waiting for something bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:o1:1
# text = Saving and waiting for something bigger
1	Saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
6	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for something | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Buying on impulse whenever you see a sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:o2:1
# text = Buying on impulse whenever you see a sale
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	impulse	impulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  |  |  | impulse |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | present | you | a sale |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sale=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spending everything straight away on treats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:o3:1
# text = Spending everything straight away on treats
1	Spending	spend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	treats	treat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | gerund |  | everything |  |  |  | on treats *goal*; away *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Asset on treat=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Borrowing from everyone you know at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:t9:o4:1
# text = Borrowing from everyone you know at school
1	Borrowing	borrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | gerund |  |  |  | everyone |  | at school | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from everyone=Source |
| 2 | **know** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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.

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