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title: "She drinks hair of the dog every Sunday, says it cures her head." W… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "She drinks hair of the dog every Sunday, says it cures her head." What is she doing? Test 8 · ★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

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"She drinks hair of the dog every Sunday, says it cures her head." What is she doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** She, hair, dog · **What happens:** drink, say, cure, do · **To what, where:** hair, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "She drinks hair of the dog every Sunday, says it cures her head."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:1
# text = "She drinks hair of the dog every Sunday, says it cures her head."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	cures	cure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** *in a quote* | present | She | hair of the dog |  |  | sunday |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **cure** *in a quote* | present | hair | dog's head |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer head=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is she doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:2
# text = What is she doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Drinking alcohol to cure a hangover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:o1:1
# text = Drinking alcohol to cure a hangover
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hangover	hangover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | alcohol |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alcohol=Patient |
| 2 | **cure** | to-infinitive |  | a hangover |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer hangover=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taking a medicine from the vet for her headache

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:o2:1
# text = Taking a medicine from the vet for her headache
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a medicine |  | the vet |  | for her headache | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme from vet=Source for headache=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Drinking herbal tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:o3:1
# text = Drinking herbal tea
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	herbal	herbal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | gerund |  | herbal tea |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brushing her dog's fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t8:o4:1
# text = Brushing her dog's fur
1	Brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brush** | gerund |  | her dog's fur |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fur=Theme |

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