---
title: No cap, what did Rabbit yell at Fox to hit? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, what did Rabbit yell at Fox to hit? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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 Bear…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/) / t4

# Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No cap, what did Rabbit yell at Fox to hit?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** yell, hit

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 581 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog» 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/581-pg2306-part17/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t4:1
# text = No cap, what did Rabbit yell at Fox to hit?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	yell	yell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past · do-support | no cap |  |  |  |  | at Fox | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent what=Theme at fox=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hit** | to-infinitive | no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Bite 'im in de tail!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t4:o1:1
# text = "Bite 'im in de tail!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	im	im	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	compound	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Hit 'im in de mouf!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t4:o2:1
# text = "Hit 'im in de mouf!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	im	im	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	compound	_	_
7	mouf	mouf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | im |  | de mouf |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent im=Theme in mouf=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Hit 'im in de mouf an' don't let go!"

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t4:o3:1
# text = "Hit 'im in de mouf an' don't let go!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	im	im	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	compound	_	_
7	mouf	mouf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | im |  | de mouf |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent im=Theme in mouf=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **let** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Hit 'im hard in de mouf, Brer Fox, hit 'im now!"

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t4:o4:1
# text = "Hit 'im hard in de mouf, Brer Fox, hit 'im now!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	im	im	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	de	de	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	compound	_	_
8	mouf	mouf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	im	im	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Brer Fox |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/t3/)
- next →: [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear takes Rabbit's place on the sapling, gets beaten, then is tricked by Bull-frog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/)