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title: Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!" W… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics
description: Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!" What does he want? Test 10 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 10 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions

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Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!" What does he want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brother · **What happens:** yell, get off, wait, want · **To what, where:** bloody throne, ages · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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/6-toilet-words/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:1
# text = Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!"
1	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux	_	_
13	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get off** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the bloody throne |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throne=Stimulus |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | Brother | ages |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 he want?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:2
# text = What does he want?
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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **want** | present · do-support | Brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To be king in the game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:o1:1
# text = To be king in the game
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | king |  | the game |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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His turn on the toilet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:o2:1
# text = His turn on the toilet
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His gaming chair back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:o3:1
# text = His gaming chair back
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gaming	gaming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His seat on the sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t10:o4:1
# text = His seat on the sofa
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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