--- title: Fr, when did the brother try to slip out? — Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Fr, when did the brother try to slip out? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/586-pg2306-part22/t10/) [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, A Plantation Witch, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/586-pg2306-part22/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of… Fr, when did the brother try to slip out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother · **What happens:** try, slip out This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 586 «Uncle Remus, A Plantation Witch, part 1: the boy hears of witch-stirrups and a witch who loses his skin» 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/586-pg2306-part22/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t10:1 # text = Fr, when did the brother try to slip out? 1 Fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · do-support | the brother | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **slip out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 {#o1} right after the moon went behind the cloud and the owls started hollering ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t10:o1:1 # text = right after the moon went behind the cloud and the owls started hollering 1 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 owls owl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 hollering holler VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the moon | | | the cloud | | right *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind cloud=Location | | 2 | **start** | past | the owls | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **holler** *speech: other* | gerund | the owls *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} just after the church bell rang ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t10:o2:1 # text = just after the church bell rang 1 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | the church bell | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} right 'fo the chickens crowed twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t10:o3:1 # text = right 'fo the chickens crowed twelve 1 right right ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 fo for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 6 crowed crow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crow** | past | | twelve | | | | for the chickens; right *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} when the roosters first called ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:586-pg2306-part22:t10:o4:1 # text = when the roosters first called 1 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 roosters rooster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 5 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | participle · passive | | the roosters | | | | first *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | **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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