--- title: Lol, what was Bull-frog beggin' for? — Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what was Bull-frog beggin' for? Test 9 · ★ 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 the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/581-pg2306-part17/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Bear, part 17: Brer Bear… Lol, what was Bull-frog beggin' for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Bull frog beggin This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t9:1 # text = Lol, what was Bull-frog beggin' for? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 Bull bull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 beggin beggin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Bull frog beggin | | | | | tree rules | 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} let him off this time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t9:o1:1 # text = let him off this time 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 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let off** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} let him off this time and never catch him again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t9:o2:1 # text = let him off this time and never catch him again 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 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 catch catch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let off** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **not** **catch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | again | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} please let him off this one time, Brer Bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t9:o3:1 # text = please let him off this one time, Brer Bear 1 please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Brer Brer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Bear Bear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let off** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | time | Brer Bear *vocative* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} please let him go free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:581-pg2306-part17:t9:o4:1 # text = please let him go free 1 please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **go** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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