--- title: mate shoved me so i'm gonna shove him back harder — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics description: mate shoved me so i'm gonna shove him back harder Test 14 · ★ 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/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/) / [Handling anger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Handling anger mate shoved me so i'm gonna shove him back harder **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, i · **What happens:** shove, shove back · **To what, where:** me, mate This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t14:1 # text = mate shoved me so i'm gonna shove him back harder 1 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shoved shove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 gonna gonna PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shove shove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shove** | past | mate | me | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **shove back** | present | i | mate | | | | hard *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Step back and get an adult, pushing can hurt someone badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t14:o1:1 # text = Step back and get an adult, pushing can hurt someone badly 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 pushing push VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 11 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | | 3 | **push** | gerund | | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hurt** | can | pushing | someone | | | | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hit him when no one sees ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t14:o2:1 # text = Hit him when no one sees 1 Hit hit 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 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Push back, it's fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t14:o3:1 # text = Push back, it's fair 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Push him really hard and then just say sorry later if a teacher asks ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t14:o4:1 # text = Push him really hard and then just say sorry later if a teacher asks 1 Push push 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 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | late, sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a teacher | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Handling anger, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/t13/) - next →: [Handling anger, test 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/t15/) - ↑ back to [Handling anger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/)