--- title: Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics description: Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the whole sofa" — what is he saying? Test 11 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t11/) [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: weight and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/) / t11 # Test 11 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the whole sofa" — what is he saying? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rude brother, you, brother · **What happens:** shift over, upholster, take up, say · **To what, where:** you, whole sofa · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» 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/10-weight-and-babies/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t11:1 # text = Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the whole sofa" — what is he saying? 1 Rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 shift shift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 upholstered upholster VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 21 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shift over** *in a quote* | infinitive | Rude brother | | | | | over *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **upholster** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take up** *in a quote* | present | you | the whole sofa | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sofa=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His sister is fat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t11:o1:1 # text = His sister is fat 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | His sister | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} His sister bought a new sofa ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t11:o2:1 # text = His sister bought a new sofa 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sofa sofa NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | His sister | a new sofa | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sofa=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} His sister has many cushions ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t11:o3:1 # text = His sister has many cushions 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | His sister | many cushions | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cushion=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} His sister is lazy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t11:o4:1 # text = His sister is lazy 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | His sister | | | | | lazy *property* | tree rules | **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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