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title: Deadass, what was the Buzzard hollering the whole time? — Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. R… · tree and pragmatics
description: Deadass, what was the Buzzard hollering the whole time? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit t…

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Deadass, what was the Buzzard hollering the whole time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Deadass, Buzzard · **What happens:** be, holler · **To what, where:** Buzzard

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 571 «Uncle Remus, Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Rabbit: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox and Brer Buzzard into the hollow tree» 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/571-pg2306-part7/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t8:1
# text = Deadass, what was the Buzzard hollering the whole time?
1	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Buzzard	Buzzard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	hollering	holler	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Deadass and the Buzzard | the Buzzard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund | the Buzzard *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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"Dat rabbit in dere"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t8:o1:1
# text = "Dat rabbit in dere"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dat	that	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dere	dere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"He in dar, Brer Fox"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t8:o2:1
# text = "He in dar, Brer Fox"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"He done gone, Fox"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t8:o3:1
# text = "He done gone, Fox"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | past | He | Fox |  |  |  | gone *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"He in dar, Brer Fox, he in dar, look sharp, he in dar"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:571-pg2306-part7:t8:o4:1
# text = "He in dar, Brer Fox, he in dar, look sharp, he in dar"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	dar	dar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | dar and dar |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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