--- title: The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more wal… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics description: The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." What is the doctor saying? Test 7 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 --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." What is the doctor saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor, Dad · **What happens:** tell, carry, say · **To what, where:** Dad, few extra pounds · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:1 # text = The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 amod _ _ 16 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the doctor | | Dad | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | | 2 | **carry** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Dad | a few extra pounds | | | | more walking and less beer *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Theme | 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 is the doctor saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:2 # text = What is the doctor saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the doctor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Dad owes money ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:o1:1 # text = Dad owes money 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 owes owe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | present | Dad | money | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dad walks too much ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:o2:1 # text = Dad walks too much 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | Dad | much | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme much=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dad is overweight ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:o3:1 # text = Dad is overweight 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 overweight overweight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Dad overweight | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dad has too much money ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:t7:o4:1 # text = Dad has too much money 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Dad | much money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | **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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