--- title: he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him — Solving disagreements calmly · tree and pragmatics description: he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him Test 14 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/t14/) [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/) / [Solving disagreements calmly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/54-solving-disagreements-calmly/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, face · **What happens:** be, shout, shove · **To what, where:** face, him This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t14:1 # text = he's in my face shouting, wanna shove him 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 wanna wanna X FW Foreign=Yes 9 dep _ _ 9 shove shove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | my face | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | my face *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **shove** | infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Shout even louder than him so he backs off ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t14:o1:1 # text = Shout even louder than him so he backs off 1 Shout shout VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 backs back VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **back off** | present | he | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shove him first before he does it to you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t14:o2:1 # text = Shove him first before he does it to you 1 Shove shove VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shove** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | first *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **do** | present | he | it | you | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Step back and get an adult to help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t14:o3:1 # text = Step back and get an adult to help 1 Step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Grab his shirt to stop him from shoving ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:54-solving-disagreements-calmly:t14:o4:1 # text = Grab his shirt to stop him from shoving 1 Grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shoving shove VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | his shirt | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality | | 3 | **shove** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | **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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