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title: Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing." What does "show… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing." What does "showing" mean here? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth

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Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing." What does "showing" mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cousin · **What happens:** go, show, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 11 «Soft words for hard things: 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/11-pregnancy-and-birth/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:1
# text = Cousin: "She's 4 months gone and only just showing."
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · passive | Cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **show** *in a quote* | gerund | Cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What does "showing" mean here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:2
# text = What does "showing" mean here?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent what=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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The pregnancy is starting to be seen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:o1:1
# text = The pregnancy is starting to be seen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pregnancy	pregnancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present · progressive | the pregnancy |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | the pregnancy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She arrived at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:o2:1
# text = She arrived at last
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | She |  |  | last |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is showing photos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:o3:1
# text = She is showing photos
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · progressive | She | photos |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent photo=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is going on stage in the school show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:11-pregnancy-and-birth:t11:o4:1
# text = She is going on stage in the school show
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | She |  |  | stage |  | in the school show | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on stage=Location |

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