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title: Which action does Brer Rabbit prescribe to the feigned corpse of Bre… — Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action does Brer Rabbit prescribe to the feigned corpse of Brer Fox? Exam question 1 of lesson 574 «Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rabbit traps Brer Wolf in a chest and then sets a kettle on the fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rab…

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Which action does Brer Rabbit prescribe to the feigned corpse of Brer Fox?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** rabbit, prescribe, feign

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 574 «Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rabbit traps Brer Wolf in a chest and then sets a kettle on the fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/574-pg2306-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e1:1
# text = Which action does Brer Rabbit prescribe to the feigned corpse of Brer Fox?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Rabbit	rabbit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rabbit** | present · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prescribe** | infinitive | which action *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the feigned corpse of Brer Fox | tree rules |
| 3 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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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Waving a hind leg and singing loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = Waving a hind leg and singing loud
1	Waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | a hind leg |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo
1	Raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hollering	holler	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	wahoo	wahoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | gerund |  | a hind leg |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |
| 2 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund |  | wahoo |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wahoo=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo before running off into the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = Raising a hind leg and hollering wahoo before running off into the woods
1	Raising	raise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hollering	holler	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	wahoo	wahoo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | gerund |  | a hind leg |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |
| 2 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund |  | wahoo |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wahoo=Topic |
| 3 | **run off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into the woods *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lifting a front paw and hollering hello

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = Lifting a front paw and hollering hello
1	Lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	paw	paw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hollering	holler	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | gerund |  | a front paw |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme hello=Destination |
| 2 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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