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title: my brother reckons u should get revenge straight away or ppl think u… — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother reckons u should get revenge straight away or ppl think ur weak Test 17 · ★ 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.
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# Test 17 · ★ · Handling anger

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my brother reckons u should get revenge straight away or ppl think ur weak

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, u, ppl · **What happens:** reckon, get, think · **To what, where:** revenge

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t17:1
# text = my brother reckons u should get revenge straight away or ppl think ur weak
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	ppl	people	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	ur	ur	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | should | u | revenge |  |  |  | away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | ppl |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, if you plan it carefully it works

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t17:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you plan it carefully it works
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | it |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **work** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, revenge usually makes a fight bigger, so tell a teacher instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t17:o2:1
# text = No, revenge usually makes a fight bigger, so tell a teacher instead
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | revenge | a fight |  |  |  | big, usually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fight=Product |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | revenge *not said here* |  | a teacher |  |  | instead *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, quick payback stops people picking on you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t17:o3:1
# text = Yes, quick payback stops people picking on you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	payback	payback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	picking	pick	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | quick payback | people |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pick** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on you | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on you=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only if they hit you first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t17:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only if they hit you first
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | they | you |  |  |  | first *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme |

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