--- title: Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch."… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics description: Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch." When will Tom get the watch? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t10/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: death and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch." When will Tom get the watch? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandpa, I, Tom · **What happens:** say, go, meet, get · **To what, where:** Tom, maker, watch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:1 # text = Tom: "Grandpa says when he goes to meet his maker I get his watch." 1 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Grandpa | Tom *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Grandpa | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Grandpa *not said here* | Grandpa's maker | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maker=Co-Agent | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present | I | Grandpa's watch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus | 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:* When will Tom get the watch? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:2 # text = When will Tom get the watch? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | Tom | the watch | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} When Grandpa visits his own dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:o1:1 # text = When Grandpa visits his own dad 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 visits visit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | present | Grandpa | Grandpa's own dad | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} When it is made ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:o2:1 # text = When it is made 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · passive | | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} When Grandpa finishes making it ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:o3:1 # text = When Grandpa finishes making it 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 finishes finish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | present | Grandpa | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | gerund | Grandpa *not said here* | it | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} When Grandpa dies ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t10:o4:1 # text = When Grandpa dies 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present | Grandpa | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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