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title: "vet said we gotta put Bella to sleep :(" — what is going to happen… — Soft words for hard things: school rep… · tree and pragmatics
description: "vet said we gotta put Bella to sleep :(" — what is going to happen to Bella? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an…

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"vet said we gotta put Bella to sleep :(" — what is going to happen to Bella?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vet, we · **What happens:** say, gotta, put, sleep, go, happen · **To what, where:** Bella · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» 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/17-school-and-pets/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t6:1
# text = "vet said we gotta put Bella to sleep :(" — what is going to happen to Bella?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gotta	gotta	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
7	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	:(	:(	SYM	NFP	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
12	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | vet |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **gotta** *in a quote* | past | we |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* |  | Bella |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent bella=Goal |
| 4 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **go** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  | Bella |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bella will stay the night at the vet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t6:o1:1
# text = Bella will stay the night at the vet
1	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | future | Bella |  |  | the vet | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at vet=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bella will have a nap after her jab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t6:o2:1
# text = Bella will have a nap after her jab
1	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	jab	jab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | future | Bella | a nap |  |  | after Bella's jab |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient |
| 2 | **jab** |  | Bella |  |  |  |  |  | nom jab «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bella will get a long rest at the vet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t6:o3:1
# text = Bella will get a long rest at the vet
1	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | Bella | a long rest |  | the vet |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent rest=Theme at vet=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The vet will end her life gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:t6:o4:1
# text = The vet will end her life gently
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | future | the vet | vet's life |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality life=Eventuality |

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