--- title: Teen: "nah he's footloose and fancy-free now, dumped her last week."… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Teen: "nah he's footloose and fancy-free now, dumped her last week." What does it tell you? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family» 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/13-relations-and-family/t5/) [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: relations…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Teen: "nah he's footloose and fancy-free now, dumped her last week." What does it tell you? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teen, it · **What happens:** be, dump, tell · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: 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/13-relations-and-family/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teen: "nah he's footloose and fancy-free now, dumped her last week." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:1 # text = Teen: "nah he's footloose and fancy-free now, dumped her last week." 1 Teen teen NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 footloose footloose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 appos _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 fancy fancy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 dumped dump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Teen | | | | | footloose *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | Teen *not said here* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **dump** *in a quote* | past | Teen | | | | week | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=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 does it tell you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:2 # text = What does it tell you? 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 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | it | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He is dancing barefoot ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:o1:1 # text = He is dancing barefoot 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 barefoot barefoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | present · progressive | He | barefoot | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location barefoot=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He is single now ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:o2:1 # text = He is single now 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | now | single *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is away on holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:o3:1 # text = He is away on holiday 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | holiday | | away *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He lost his shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t5:o4:1 # text = He lost his shoes 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his shoes | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality | **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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