--- title: An Irish girl laughs, "Feck off, you're joking!" What does she mean? — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: An Irish girl laughs, "Feck off, you're joking!" What does she mean? Test 9 · ★★ 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 choice was right. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing An Irish girl laughs, "Feck off, you're joking!" What does she mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Irish girl, you, girl · **What happens:** laugh off, joke, mean · **To what, where:** Feck · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An Irish girl laughs, "Feck off, you're joking!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:1 # text = An Irish girl laughs, "Feck off, you're joking!" 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Feck feck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh off** | present | a Irish girl | Feck | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* What does she mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:2 # text = What does she mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do 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 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | girl | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She is surprised and doesn't believe it, in fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:o1:1 # text = She is surprised and doesn't believe it, in fun 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **believe** | present · do-support | She *not said here* | it | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} She wants the other girl to leave forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:o2:1 # text = She wants the other girl to leave forever 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 8 forever forever ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | She | the other girl | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the other girl *not said here* | | | | | forever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is asking for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:o3:1 # text = She is asking for help 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · progressive | She | | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She is angry and wants a fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t9:o4:1 # text = She is angry and wants a fight 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | She *not said here* | a fight | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fight=Theme | **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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