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title: bro, what's a "skaddle" supposed to mean? — Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a ta… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what's a "skaddle" supposed to mean? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, what's a "skaddle" supposed to mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** be, suppose, mean · **To what, where:** skaddle, bro · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 578 «Uncle Remus, The Fate of Mr. Fox: a tattling sparrow gets eaten» 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/578-pg2306-part14/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t6:1
# text = bro, what's a "skaddle" supposed to mean?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	skaddle	skaddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | bro | a skaddle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle · passive |  | bro |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
scatter, like running off fast when the dogs come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t6:o1:1
# text = scatter, like running off fast when the dogs come
1	scatter	scatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | the dogs |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
scatter, like running off fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t6:o2:1
# text = scatter, like running off fast
1	scatter	scatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
scatter, like running off fast into the briar patch to hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t6:o3:1
# text = scatter, like running off fast into the briar patch to hide
1	scatter	scatter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	appos	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into the briar patch *result*; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into patch=Result |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a loud noise, like thunder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:578-pg2306-part14:t6:o4:1
# text = a loud noise, like thunder
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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