--- title: Two traps hide in the words: hyperbole, where a feeling is blown up… — Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times… · tree and pragmatics description: Two traps hide in the words: hyperbole, where a feeling is blown up ("worst day of my LIFE" after losing a football match), and downplaying, where something big is made small ("it's nothing, just tired" from a friend who has stopped eating lunch); the first usually passes in a day, the second is the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/) / [Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in h…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/31-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times/) / 2 # Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★, sentence 2 Two traps hide in the words: hyperbole, where a feeling is blown up ("worst day of my LIFE" after losing a football match), and downplaying, where something big is made small ("it's nothing, just tired" from a friend who has stopped eating lunch); the first usually passes in a day, the second is the one to check. **Who acts:** Two traps, match, friend, first, second · **What happens:** hide, blow up, lose, downplay, make, be · **To what, where:** hyperbole, words, feeling, football match, something, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Two traps, match, friend, first), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:reflection:031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.lesson:2 # text = Two traps hide in the words: hyperbole, where a feeling is blown up ("worst day of my LIFE" after losing a football match), and downplaying, where something big is made small ("it's nothing, just tired" from a friend who has stopped eating lunch); the first usually passes in a day, the second is the one to check. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = reflection # lesson = 031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 traps trap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hide hide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 hyperbole hyperbole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 18 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 LIFE life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 14 punct _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 downplaying downplay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 38 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=38:appos 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 just just ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=47:punct 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 53 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 xcomp _ _ 56 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 57 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 62 nsubj _ _ 61 usually usually ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 71 nsubj _ _ 69 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 parataxis _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 acl _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | Two traps | hyperbole | | the words | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in word=Location | | 2 | **blow up** | present · passive | | a feeling | | | day | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | gerund | | a football match | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality | | 4 | **downplay** | gerund | Two traps *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | present · passive | | something | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | match | nothing | | | | from a friend | tree rules | | 7 | **stop** | present · perfect | a friend | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **eat** | gerund | a friend *not said here* | lunch | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient | | 9 | **pass** | present | the first | | | | day | usually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | present | the second | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **check** | to-infinitive | the first *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:reflection:031-olympiad-reading-hidden-feelings-in-hard-times.lesson:2`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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