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title: theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em s… — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics
description: theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em sort it Test 13 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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 wrong.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

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theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em sort it

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** theyre, i · **What happens:** push, let, sort · **To what, where:** each, swing, theyre

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t13:1
# text = theyre pushing each other now over the swing, should i just let em sort it
1	theyre	theyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obj	_	_
4	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	fixed	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	swing	swing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | gerund | theyre *not said here* | each |  | the swing | now |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent each=Theme over swing=Trajectory |
| 2 | **let** | should | i | theyre |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sort** | infinitive | theyre *not said here* | swing |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, the stronger one will win soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, the stronger one will win soon
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | future | the stronger one |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, push them both away yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t13:o2:1
# text = No, push them both away yourself
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | yourself *obl*; away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, get an adult when someone could get hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t13:o3:1
# text = No, get an adult when someone could get hurt
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	get	get	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hurt** | could · passive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, pushing is how kids sort things out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, pushing is how kids sort things out
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sort	sort	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sort out** | present | kids | things |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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