--- title: Why might you say something you regret when you are very angry? — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics description: Why might you say something you regret when you are very angry? Test 2 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/89-handling-anger/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Handling anger Why might you say something you regret when you are very angry? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** say, regret, be · **To what, where:** something · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t2:1 # text = Why might you say something you regret when you are very angry? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 regret regret VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | you | something | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | | 2 | **regret** | present | you | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | you | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Anger always makes you more honest than you usually are ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t2:o1:1 # text = Anger always makes you more honest than you usually are 1 Anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 usually usually ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Anger | you | | | | always, honest *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | | 2 | **be** | present | Anger *not said here* | | | | | usually *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The thinking part of the brain has not caught up yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t2:o2:1 # text = The thinking part of the brain has not caught up yet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thinking thinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 yet yet ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **catch up** | present · perfect · passive | | the thinking part of the brain | | | yet | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Your mouth works faster when you are hot ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t2:o3:1 # text = Your mouth works faster when you are hot 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | Your mouth | | | | | fast *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Angry words are always true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t2:o4:1 # text = Angry words are always true 1 Angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Angry words | | | | | always, true *property* | tree rules | **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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