--- title: Bro, why'd the wolf run in all muddy? — Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wol… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, why'd the wolf run in all muddy? Test 4 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/574-pg2306-part10/t4/) [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 Awful Fate of Mr. Wol…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/574-pg2306-part10/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf, part 10: Brer Rab… Bro, why'd the wolf run in all muddy? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** run · **To what, where:** wolf, muddy This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:t4:1 # text = Bro, why'd the wolf run in all muddy? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | | the wolf | | all muddy | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in muddy=Trajectory | 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 {#o1} He fell in mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:t4:o1:1 # text = He fell in mud 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | He | | | mud | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mud=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Foxes chased him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:t4:o2:1 # text = Foxes chased him 1 Foxes fox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | Foxes | him *= he* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dogs were chasing him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:t4:o3:1 # text = Dogs were chasing him 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | Dogs | him *= he* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dogs bit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:574-pg2306-part10:t4:o4:1 # text = Dogs bit him 1 Dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bit bit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bit** | present | Dogs | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | **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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