--- title: "excuse my language but that bloomin' dog — sorry, that lovely dog —… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: "excuse my language but that bloomin' dog — sorry, that lovely dog — ate my shoe." What does the speaker really feel? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/t11/) [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: rudeness a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing "excuse my language but that bloomin' dog — sorry, that lovely dog — ate my shoe." What does the speaker really feel? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, speaker · **What happens:** excuse, eat, feel · **To what, where:** language, shoe This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» 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/39-pardon-my-french/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "excuse my language but that bloomin' dog — sorry, that lovely dog — ate my shoe." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:1 # text = "excuse my language but that bloomin' dog — sorry, that lovely dog — ate my shoe." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 excuse excuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 7 bloomin bloomin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 — - PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 sorry sorry INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 16 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **excuse** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my language but that bloomin dog | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme | | 2 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* | my shoe | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | 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 does the speaker really feel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:2 # text = What does the speaker really feel? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | the speaker | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Annoyed with the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:o1:1 # text = Annoyed with the dog 1 Annoyed annoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:agent _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **annoy** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Proud of the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:o2:1 # text = Proud of the dog 1 Proud Proud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Scared of the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:o3:1 # text = Scared of the dog 1 Scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Happy about the shoe ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t11:o4:1 # text = Happy about the shoe 1 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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