--- title: Mum on the phone: "Sorry, she's tired, she's been screaming for an h… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Mum on the phone: "Sorry, she's tired, she's been screaming for an hour." What is going on? 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What is going on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, she · **What happens:** be, scream, go on This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» 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/14-family-and-behaviour/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum on the phone: "Sorry, she's tired, she's been screaming for an hour." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:1 # text = Mum on the phone: "Sorry, she's tired, she's been screaming for an hour." 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Sorry sorry INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 16 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mum on the phone | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **scream** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · progressive | she | | | | hour | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 going on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:2 # text = What is going on? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present · progressive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The child is sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:o1:1 # text = The child is sleeping 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present · progressive | the child | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The child is having a tantrum ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:o2:1 # text = The child is having a tantrum 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tantrum tantrum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · progressive | the child | a tantrum | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tantrum=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The child is resting quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:o3:1 # text = The child is resting quietly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | present · progressive | the child | | | | | quietly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The child went jogging ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:t1:o4:1 # text = The child went jogging 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 jogging jog VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the child | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **jog** | gerund | the child *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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