--- title: Why'd Rabbit say no to walking, you reckon? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzz… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd Rabbit say no to walking, you reckon? Test 2 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/580-pg2306-part16/t2/) [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 Buzz…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/580-pg2306-part16/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard, part 16: Rabbit… Why'd Rabbit say no to walking, you reckon? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rabbit, you · **What happens:** say, reckon · **To what, where:** no, walking · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t2:1 # text = Why'd Rabbit say no to walking, you reckon? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 reckon reckon VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Rabbit | no | walking | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to walking=Recipient | | 2 | **reckon** | present | you | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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} His whole family gets sick when they step in mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t2:o1:1 # text = His whole family gets sick when they step in mud 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 step step VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | His whole family | | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **step** | present | they | | | mud | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mud=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He just doesn't like getting his feet wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t2:o2:1 # text = He just doesn't like getting his feet wet 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | gerund | He *not said here* | his feet | | | | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer foot=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} His whole family gets chilly when feet get wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t2:o3:1 # text = His whole family gets chilly when feet get wet 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 chilly chilly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | His whole family | | | | | chilly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **get** | present | feet | | | | | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wet feet are bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:580-pg2306-part16:t2:o4:1 # text = Wet feet are bad 1 Wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Wet feet | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | **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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