Once Susan had told him that if he touched his tongue to a frosty latch all the skin would tear off it .<br>Jem had promptly done it , `` just to see if it was so . ''<br>He found it was `` so , '' at the cost of a very sore tongue for several days .<br>But Jem did not grudge suffering in the interests of science .
Jem stuck his tongue to the pole just to make Susan angry
The context says that Jem stuck his tongue to it "just to see if it was so", not to make Susan angry.
( z1 stick :ARG0 ( z2 person :name ( z3 name :op "Jem" ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 tongue :part-of z2 ) :ARG2 ( z5 pole ) :purpose ( z6 anger :ARG0 z2 :ARG1 ( z7 person :name ( z8 name :op "Susan" ) ) :mod ( z9 just ) ) )