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title: "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?" What… — Soft words for hard things: religion a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?" What does "heaven forbid" show? Test 12 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 12 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure…

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"If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?" What does "heaven forbid" show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** heaven, dog, ya · **What happens:** forbid, get out, know, do · **To what, where:** show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» 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/32-religion-fate-failure/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:1
# text = "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forbid	forbid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** *in a quote* | infinitive | heaven |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 2 | **get out** *in a quote* | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | would | ya |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 does "heaven forbid" show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:2
# text = What does "heaven forbid" show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	forbid	forbid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
7	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** *in a quote* | present · do-support | heaven | show |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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The speaker hopes the dog never gets out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:o1:1
# text = The speaker hopes the dog never gets out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hopes	hope	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present | the speaker | the dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **get out** | present | the speaker *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The speaker is sure the dog will get out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:o2:1
# text = The speaker is sure the dog will get out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the speaker |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get out** | future | the dog |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The speaker wants the dog to get out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:o3:1
# text = The speaker wants the dog to get out
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | the speaker | the dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Dogs are not allowed in heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:32-religion-fate-failure:t12:o4:1
# text = Dogs are not allowed in heaven
1	Dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Dogs |  | heaven |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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