--- title: what did Rabbit say he'd do if Fox kept clownin'? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimn… · tree and pragmatics description: what did Rabbit say he'd do if Fox kept clownin'? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/573-pg2306-part9/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, Brer Rabbit and the Chimn…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/573-pg2306-part9/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rab… what did Rabbit say he'd do if Fox kept clownin'? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit, Fox · **What happens:** say, do, keep · **To what, where:** clownin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 573 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Chimney, part 9: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of the chimney, and Brer Wolf makes a plan» 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/573-pg2306-part9/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t8:1 # text = what did Rabbit say he'd do if Fox kept clownin'? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 Fox Fox PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 clownin clownin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Rabbit | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | would | Rabbit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Fox | clownin | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clownin=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} yell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t8:o1:1 # text = yell 1 yell yell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t8:o2:1 # text = hit him 1 hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} lock him up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t8:o3:1 # text = lock him up 1 lock lock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} thrash him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:573-pg2306-part9:t8:o4:1 # text = thrash him 1 thrash thrash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thrash** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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