--- title: so mad at my bro i wanna smack him — Handling anger · tree and pragmatics description: so mad at my bro i wanna smack him Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Handling anger so mad at my bro i wanna smack him **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** wanna, smack · **To what, where:** bro, him This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t9:1 # text = so mad at my bro i wanna smack him 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanna wanna VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 smack smack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wanna** | present | i | my bro *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smack** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} Smack him softly, that is okay as long as it doesnt hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t9:o1:1 # text = Smack him softly, that is okay as long as it doesnt hurt 1 Smack smack 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 softly softly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 okay okay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 8 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 doesnt doesnt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smack** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | softly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | as doesnt; okay *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hurt** | participle | | doesnt *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Throw his toys across the room instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t9:o2:1 # text = Throw his toys across the room instead 1 Throw throw 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 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | his toys | | the room | | instead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Walk away, breathe and count to ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t9:o3:1 # text = Walk away, breathe and count to ten 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 breathe breathe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **breathe** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **count** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | to ten | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to ten=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Smack him hard so he learns his lesson ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:89-handling-anger:t9:o4:1 # text = Smack him hard so he learns his lesson 1 Smack smack 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 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smack** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **learn** | present | he | his lesson | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | **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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