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title: so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow,… · tree and pragmatics
description: so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** make on · **To what, where:** Miss Cow butt

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 572 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Miss Cow, part 8: Brer Rabbit tricks Miss Cow into a tree, then Brer Terrapin goes calling» 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/572-pg2306-part8/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t2:1
# text = so he made Miss Cow butt the tree, right? like full on, no cap?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	butt	butt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make on** | past | he | Miss Cow butt |  |  |  | like full; no cap *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset butt=Beneficiary tree=Product |

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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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yup, she went blam blam blam and her horn got stuck and then she mooed the whole night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t2:o1:1
# text = yup, she went blam blam blam and her horn got stuck and then she mooed the whole night long
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blam	blam	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
6	blam	blam	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	blam	blam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	mooed	moo	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blam** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **blam** | present | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | past | her horn |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **moo** | past | she |  |  |  | then; night | long *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, she butted it and a horn got stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t2:o2:1
# text = yup, she butted it and a horn got stuck
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	butted	butt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **butt** | past | she | yup |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | a horn |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t2:o3:1
# text = yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blam	blam	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	compound	_	_
6	blam	blam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blam** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **blam** | present | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | past | one horn |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck and her tail got stuck too and it was wild

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:572-pg2306-part8:t2:o4:1
# text = yup, she went blam blam and one horn got stuck and her tail got stuck too and it was wild
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	blam	blam	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	compound	_	_
6	blam	blam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | yup *vocative* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blam** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **blam** | present | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | past | one horn |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **get** | past | her tail |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **is** | past | tail |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |

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