--- title: my mate says "ya pozhartuvav" means "I'm sorry for swearing". right? — Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas… · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says "ya pozhartuvav" means "I'm sorry for swearing". right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve/t1/) [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/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/) / [Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve my mate says "ya pozhartuvav" means "I'm sorry for swearing". right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, ya pozhartuvav, I · **What happens:** say, mean, be, swear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t1:1 # text = my mate says "ya pozhartuvav" means "I'm sorry for swearing". right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ya ya X FW _ 6 compound _ _ 6 pozhartuvav pozhartuvav NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 swearing swear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 17 right right INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | ya pozhartuvav | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **swear** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, it means I was joking ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t1:o1:1 # text = No, it means I was joking 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 joking joke VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | past · progressive | I | | | | | | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, but only to grannies ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t1:o2:1 # text = Yes, but only to grannies 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 grannies grannie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it means I'm leaving ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t1:o3:1 # text = No, it means I'm leaving 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, exactly that ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:27-only-joking-swearing-and-christmas-eve:t1:o4:1 # text = Yes, exactly that 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 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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