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title: What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzz… · tree and pragmatics
description: What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit…

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What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Rabbit

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 580 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit tricks Buzzard into carrying him home from the island» 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/580-pg2306-part16/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t13:1
# text = What got Rabbit stuck at the end, anyways?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	anyways	anyways	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | Rabbit |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t13:o1:1
# text = A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sapling	sapling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a loop knot *not said here* |  |  |  | to a bent hickory sapling | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to sapling=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A thick rope loop tied with great care to a very old bent hickory sapling on the path

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t13:o2:1
# text = A thick rope loop tied with great care to a very old bent hickory sapling on the path
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sapling	sapling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a thick rope loop *not said here* |  |  |  | with great care; to a old bent hickory sapling on the path | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with care=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wire hung from a bent post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t13:o3:1
# text = A wire hung from a bent post
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | a wire *not said here* |  | a bent post |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling by the fence where the crack is

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t13:o4:1
# text = A loop-knot tied to a bent hickory sapling by the fence where the crack is
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
5	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	hickory	hickory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	sapling	sapling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	nmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a loop knot *not said here* |  |  |  | to a bent hickory sapling; by the fence | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to sapling=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **be** | present | a loop knot |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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