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title: Be real, why's Brer Rabbit mopin' around like he's scared? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be real, why's Brer Rabbit mopin' around like he's scared? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi…

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Be real, why's Brer Rabbit mopin' around like he's scared?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Rabbit mopin

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 579 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Wolf out of his best cow, and Brer Wolf digs for nothing» 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/579-pg2306-part15/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t13:1
# text = Be real, why's Brer Rabbit mopin' around like he's scared?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mopin	mopin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | Rabbit mopin |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

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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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Worried about his crop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t13:o1:1
# text = Worried about his crop
1	Worried	worried	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	crop	crop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scared they'll sell him out to the patter-rollers at the creek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t13:o2:1
# text = Scared they'll sell him out to the patter-rollers at the creek
1	Scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	patter	patter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	rollers	roller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell out** | future | they |  | him *= he* | the creek |  | to the patter rollers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme to roller=Recipient at creek=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Scared they'll sell him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t13:o3:1
# text = Scared they'll sell him out
1	Scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell out** | future | they |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Scared they'll sell him out and take his cow, his house, and his whole farm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t13:o4:1
# text = Scared they'll sell him out and take his cow, his house, and his whole farm
1	Scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell out** | future | they |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | they *not said here* |  | his cow and his house |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cow=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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