--- title: Which of these is a phrase for someone else's swearing, not a soft s… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of these is a phrase for someone else's swearing, not a soft swear word itself? Test 12 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing Which of these is a phrase for someone else's swearing, not a soft swear word itself? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone · **What happens:** be, swear This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t12:1 # text = Which of these is a phrase for someone else's swearing, not a soft swear word itself? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 11 swearing swearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 swear swear NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 18 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | of a phrase and a soft swear word word; for someone's swearing | tree rules | | 2 | **swear** | | someone | | | | | | nom swearing «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Some choice words ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t12:o1:1 # text = Some choice words 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Shucks ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t12:o2:1 # text = Shucks 1 Shucks shucks INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fiddlesticks ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t12:o3:1 # text = Fiddlesticks 1 Fiddlesticks fiddlestick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Bother ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t12:o4:1 # text = Bother 1 Bother bother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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