--- title: Nan to the kids: "I'm getting on, I can't climb that." Why can't Nan… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: Nan to the kids: "I'm getting on, I can't climb that." Why can't Nan climb? 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Why can't Nan climb? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Nan · **What happens:** get on, not climb · **To what, where:** that This is test 6 of lesson 8 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions and age and looks» 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/8-toilets-and-getting-older/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Nan to the kids: "I'm getting on, I can't climb that." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:1 # text = Nan to the kids: "I'm getting on, I can't climb that." 1 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 vocative _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get on** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **climb** *in a quote* | can | I | that | | | | Nan to the kids *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location that=Theme | 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:* Why can't Nan climb? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:2 # text = Why can't Nan climb? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 Nan Nan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **climb** | can | Nan | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Because she is busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:o1:1 # text = Because she is busy 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because she is getting on a bus ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:o2:1 # text = Because she is getting on a bus 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · progressive | she | | | a bus | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on bus=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it is wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:o3:1 # text = Because it is wet 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | wet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Because she is old ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t6:o4:1 # text = Because she is old 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | **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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