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title: did Brer Wolf help or nah, y'all? — Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Streng… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Brer Wolf help or nah, y'all? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron
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# Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at…

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did Brer Wolf help or nah, y'all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Wolf help

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 582 «Uncle Remus, Terrapin Shows His Strength, part 1: a bet at the candy-pulling and a tug-of-war» 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/582-pg2306-part18/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t13:1
# text = did Brer Wolf help or nah, y'all?
1	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	y'all	y'all	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Wolf help or y'all |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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he stayed back and cheered for Bear loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t13:o1:1
# text = he stayed back and cheered for Bear loudly
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay back** | past | he |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cheer** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Bear | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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he pulled on the rope with all his might

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t13:o2:1
# text = he pulled on the rope with all his might
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | he |  |  |  |  | with all; on the rope | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rope=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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helped pull with the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t13:o3:1
# text = helped pull with the others
1	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the others | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with other=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he ran off into the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:582-pg2306-part18:t13:o4:1
# text = he ran off into the woods
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | into the woods *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result |

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