--- title: "He fell off the wagon after the funeral." What happened? — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics description: "He fell off the wagon after the funeral." What happened? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/t10/) [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: drinking a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs "He fell off the wagon after the funeral." What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** He · **What happens:** fall off, happen · **To what, where:** wagon This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs» 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/30-drinking-and-drugs/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "He fell off the wagon after the funeral." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:1 # text = "He fell off the wagon after the funeral." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wagon wagon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** *in a quote* | past | He | the wagon | | | after the funeral | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient wagon=Extent | 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 happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:2 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He lost his job ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:o1:1 # text = He lost his job 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 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his job | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 2 | **job** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He started drinking again ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:o2:1 # text = He started drinking again 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | He | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **drink** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | again | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He fell from a cart at the funeral ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:o3:1 # text = He fell from a cart at the funeral 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | He | | | a cart | | at the funeral | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He lost his way ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t10:o4:1 # text = He lost his way 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 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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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