--- title: Dude, what deal did the rabbit offer the wolf? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, what deal did the rabbit offer the wolf? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/t3/) [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 Brer Wolf…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/579-pg2306-part15/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 2: Brer Rabbi… Dude, what deal did the rabbit offer the wolf? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** offer · **To what, where:** wolf This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t3:1 # text = Dude, what deal did the rabbit offer the wolf? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | Dude and what deal | the wolf | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme | 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} Share a hog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t3:o1:1 # text = Share a hog 1 Share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | imperative | you *not said here* | a hog | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Trade his best pig ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t3:o2:1 # text = Trade his best pig 1 Trade trade VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trade** | imperative | you *not said here* | his best pig | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Let him kill his best cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t3:o3:1 # text = Let him kill his best cow 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 amod _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | his best cow | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Give him some corn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:579-pg2306-part15:t3:o4:1 # text = Give him some corn 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | some corn | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient corn=Theme | **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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