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title: Deadass, who strolled by while Mr. Man was gone? — Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Deadass, who strolled by while Mr. Man was gone? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks…

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Deadass, who strolled by while Mr. Man was gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stroll, go · **To what, where:** Deadass

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 584 «Uncle Remus, Brer Bear's Swelled Head: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Bear into a bee-tree, then Brer Rabbit is caught in Mr. Man's trap» 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/584-pg2306-part20/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t8:1
# text = Deadass, who strolled by while Mr. Man was gone?
1	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:desc	_	_
8	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroll** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past · passive |  | Deadass |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Brer Fox, chillin'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t8:o1:1
# text = Brer Fox, chillin'
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	chillin	chillin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Possum, sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t8:o2:1
# text = Brer Possum, sleepy
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Possum	Possum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	list	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Fox, walking slow and whistling a tune by the creek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t8:o3:1
# text = Brer Fox, walking slow and whistling a tune by the creek
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	creek	creek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | Brer |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whistle** | gerund | Brer *not said here* | a tune |  |  |  | by the creek | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Turtle, slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:584-pg2306-part20:t8:o4:1
# text = Brer Turtle, slow
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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