--- title: Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" What i… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" What is she telling? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» 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/12-birth-and-couples/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: pregnancy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" What is she telling? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aunt · **What happens:** expect, tell · **To what, where:** little stranger, Christmas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» 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/12-birth-and-couples/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:1 # text = Aunt in a letter: "Expecting a little stranger at Christmas!" 1 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** *in a quote* | gerund | Aunt in a letter | a little stranger | | Christmas | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=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 she telling? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:2 # text = What is she telling? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | Aunt | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A lost dog will arrive ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:o1:1 # text = A lost dog will arrive 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **arrive** | future | a lost dog | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A guest from abroad will visit ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:o2:1 # text = A guest from abroad will visit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 2 obl _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | future | a guest | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She is expecting a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:o3:1 # text = She is expecting a baby 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 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | present · progressive | She | a baby | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She bought a new doll ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t11:o4:1 # text = She bought a new doll 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | She | a new doll | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Theme | **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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