--- title: Fr fr, how did Fox get down there? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well:… · tree and pragmatics description: Fr fr, how did Fox get down there? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/576-pg2306-part12/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, Brer Rabbit and the Well:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/576-pg2306-part12/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down… Fr fr, how did Fox get down there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fox · **What happens:** get down This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 576 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and the Well: Brer Fox falls down the well, and the butter goes missing» 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/576-pg2306-part12/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t4:1 # text = Fr fr, how did Fox get down there? 1 Fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get down** | past · do-support | Fox | | | there | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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} He jumped down the old ladder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t4:o1:1 # text = He jumped down the old ladder 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump down** | past | He | the old ladder | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He hopped into the bucket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t4:o2:1 # text = He hopped into the bucket 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hop** | past | He | | | the bucket | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bucket=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} He jumped onto the bucket while Rabbit was still in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t4:o3:1 # text = He jumped onto the bucket while Rabbit was still in it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 onto onto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 2 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | He | | | the bucket | | in bucket | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent onto bucket=Initial\_Location in it=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | past | Rabbit | | | | | still *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He tied a rope to his tail and slid down the well wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:576-pg2306-part12:t4:o4:1 # text = He tied a rope to his tail and slid down the well wall 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | He | a rope | | | | to his tail | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rope=Patient to tail=Co-Patient | | 2 | **slide down** | past | He *not said here* | the well wall | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Agent | **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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