--- title: "sod it, they gave me my marching orders, only been there a week" —… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: "sod it, they gave me my marching orders, only been there a week" — what happened? 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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/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t10:1 # text = "sod it, they gave me my marching orders, only been there a week" — what happened? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 sod sod NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 marching marching NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 cop _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 18 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 20 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | past | they | sod | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient order=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | my marching orders *not said here* | | | | week | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **order** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The speaker was promoted ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t10:o1:1 # text = The speaker was promoted 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 promoted promote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promote** | past · passive | | the speaker | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The speaker got a list of tasks ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t10:o2:1 # text = The speaker got a list of tasks 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the speaker | a list of tasks | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer list=Stimulus | | 2 | **list** | | | tasks | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The speaker joined a band ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t10:o3:1 # text = The speaker joined a band 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | past | the speaker | a band | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The speaker was fired ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t10:o4:1 # text = The speaker was fired 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 fired fire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fire** | past · passive | | the speaker | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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