--- title: no cap, what'd brer rabbit say to her first? — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics description: no cap, what'd brer rabbit say to her first? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t3/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get… no cap, what'd brer rabbit say to her first? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** first · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 568 «Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby» of the books 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/books/568-pg2306-part4/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t3:1 # text = no cap, what'd brer rabbit say to her first? 1 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 brer br ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | no cap | | rabbit's first | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to first=Recipient | 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} "Mawnin', Miss Tar-Baby, you lookin' fine today!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t3:o1:1 # text = "Mawnin', Miss Tar-Baby, you lookin' fine today!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mawnin Mawnin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ', ', PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 5 Tar Tar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Baby Baby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lookin lookin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lookin** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | today | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Good mornin', ma'am, how you doin'?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t3:o2:1 # text = "Good mornin', ma'am, how you doin'?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mornin mornin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ', ', PART POS _ 3 dep _ _ 5 ma'am ma'am NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 doin doin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doin** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Mawnin'!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t3:o3:1 # text = "Mawnin'!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mawnin Mawnin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "Evenin'!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t3:o4:1 # text = "Evenin'!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Evenin Evenin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t2/) - next →: [Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t4/) - ↑ back to [Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit gets stuck fast to the Tar-Baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/)