--- title: Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. What helps… — Walking away · tree and pragmatics description: Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. What helps most? Test 8 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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/371-walking-away/t8/) [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/) / [Walking away](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/371-walking-away/) / t8 # Test 8 · Walking away Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. What helps most? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fists, face · **What happens:** itch, go, help This is test 8 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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/371-walking-away/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:1 # text = Jake's fists itch and his face goes hot after an insult. 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 itch itch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **itch** | present | Jake's fists | | | | | | vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | present | Jake's face | | | | after a insult | hot *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* What helps most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:2 # text = What helps most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Tense your fists even harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:o1:1 # text = Tense your fists even harder 1 Tense tense VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tense** | imperative | you *not said here* | your fists | | | | hard *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fist=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Count to ten and turn round ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:o2:1 # text = Count to ten and turn round 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to ten | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ten=Experiencer | | 2 | **turn round** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stare at the boy until he looks away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:o3:1 # text = Stare at the boy until he looks away 1 Stare stare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | at the boy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at boy=Theme | | 2 | **look away** | present | boy | | | | | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Shout the insult back louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t8:o4:1 # text = Shout the insult back louder 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 louder loud ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout back** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | the insult | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent insult=Topic | **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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