This construction is not used to say "se mettre debout". The adjective "droit" is used to describe posture; it means "upright". However, to say that someone got into an upright posture you wouldn't use the construction "mettre droit(e)". (Similarly, I think you wouldn't say "put yourself upright") Instead, you would use the word "posture" and the verb prendre"prendre" (prendre"prendre une posture droitedroite").