--- title: Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers"… — Words that hurt — what they mean, neve… · tree and pragmatics description: Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. What happens if he says it there? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/t5/) [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/) / [Chinese street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/) / [Words that hurt — what they mean, neve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. What happens if he says it there? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** English friend, Chinese · **What happens:** want, learn, swear, sound, happen, say · **To what, where:** house, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said» of the Chinese street 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/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:1 # text = Your English friend wants to learn "the Chinese swear about mothers" to sound cool at Lín's house. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj _ _ 10 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 16 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | Your English friend | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **learn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Your English friend *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **swear** *in a quote* | present | the Chinese | | | | | about mothers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sound** | to-infinitive | Your English friend *not said here* | | | Lín's house | | cool *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at house=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens if he says it there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:2 # text = What happens if he says it there? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Chinese | friend | | there | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Lín's granny laughs and claps for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:o1:1 # text = Lín's granny laughs and claps for him 1 Lín Lín PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 granny granny NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 claps clap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | Lín's granny | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **clap** | present | Lín's granny *not said here* | | | | | for Lín | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Lín's mum gives him a red envelope ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:o2:1 # text = Lín's mum gives him a red envelope 1 Lín Lín 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 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 envelope envelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | Lín's mum | a red envelope | Lín | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient envelope=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody understands it anyway, it's too fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:o3:1 # text = Nobody understands it anyway, it's too fast 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **understand** | present | Nobody | it | | | | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | fast *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He shocks the family and offends everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:chinese-street:24-words-that-hurt:t5:o4:1 # text = He shocks the family and offends everyone 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shocks shock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 offends offend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shock** | present | He | the family | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer | | 2 | **offend** | present | He *not said here* | everyone | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer | **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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