--- title: deadass, was brer coon walkin' with brer possum? — Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby St… · tree and pragmatics description: deadass, was brer coon walkin' with brer possum? Test 8 · ★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/568-pg2306-part4/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Wonderful Tar Baby Story: Brer Rabbit get… deadass, was brer coon walkin' with brer possum? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deadass, brer coon · **What happens:** be, walk · **To what, where:** brer coon This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t8:1 # text = deadass, was brer coon walkin' with brer possum? 1 deadass deadass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 brer br ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 coon coon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 walkin walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 brer br ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 possum possum NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | deadass | brer coon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | brer coon *not said here* | | | | | with brer possum | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} yeah, brer coon was walkin' fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t8:o1:1 # text = yeah, brer coon was walkin' fast 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 brer br ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 coon coon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 walkin walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | brer coon | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} no, brer coon ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t8:o2:1 # text = no, brer coon ran off 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 brer brer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 coon coon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run off** | past | brer coon | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, brer coon was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t8:o3:1 # text = yeah, brer coon was 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 brer br ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 coon coon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | brer coon | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} no, he wasn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:568-pg2306-part4:t8:o4:1 # text = no, he wasn't 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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