--- title: i broke his lego cos i was angry, now what — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics description: i broke his lego cos i was angry, now what Test 11 · ★ of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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/89-handling-anger/t11/) [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/) / [Handling anger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Handling anger i broke his lego cos i was angry, now what **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** break, be · **To what, where:** lego This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 89 «Handling anger» 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/89-handling-anger/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t11:1 # text = i broke his lego cos i was angry, now what 1 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 lego lego NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | i | his lego | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lego=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | i | | | | | angry *property* | 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 {#o1} Break something of his too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t11:o1:1 # text = Break something of his too 1 Break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | something | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hide it and say nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t11:o2:1 # text = Hide it and say nothing 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Tell an adult and think how to make it right ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t11:o3:1 # text = Tell an adult and think how to make it right 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | | adult | | | | right *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Say he broke it himself when he was playing with it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t11:o4:1 # text = Say he broke it himself when he was playing with it 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **break** | past | he | it | | | | himself *= he* *obl:unmarked* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | | 3 | **play** | past · progressive | he | | | | | with it | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with it=Theme | **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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