--- title: flash then i counted 10 secs b4 the bang, now its 4 — Anger and fears · tree and pragmatics description: flash then i counted 10 secs b4 the bang, now its 4 Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday 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/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/t12/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Anger and fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Anger and fears flash then i counted 10 secs b4 the bang, now its 4 **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flash · **What happens:** count · **To what, where:** 10 secs This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 212 «Anger and fears» of the everyday 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/everyday/212-anger-and-fears/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t12:1 # text = flash then i counted 10 secs b4 the bang, now its 4 1 flash flash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 counted count VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 secs sec NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 b4 b4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 flat _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bang bang NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past | flash | 10 secs | | | then | flash's 4 *obl* | tree rules | 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} The storm is coming closer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t12:o1:1 # text = The storm is coming closer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · progressive | the storm | | | | | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The storm's moving away, nearly gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t12:o2:1 # text = The storm's moving away, nearly gone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move away** | gerund | | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | participle | | | | | | nearly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Thunder's getting slower and slower ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t12:o3:1 # text = Thunder's getting slower and slower 1 Thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 4 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | slow *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} The storm's stopped for now ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:212-anger-and-fears:t12:o4:1 # text = The storm's stopped for now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | participle | the storm | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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