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title: wait, what did the imps keep yelling? — Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the bla… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what did the imps keep yelling? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 587 «Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the B…

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wait, what did the imps keep yelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, imps · **What happens:** wait, keep, yell

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 587 «Uncle Remus, Jacky-my-lantern: the blacksmith tricks the Bad Man and ends up as a light between heaven and earth» 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/587-pg2306-part23/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:t9:1
# text = wait, what did the imps keep yelling?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	imps	imp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past · do-support | the imps |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | the imps *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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"Pa, what's that?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:t9:o1:1
# text = "Pa, what's that?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Pa	Pa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Daddy, w'at you brung?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:t9:o2:1
# text = "Daddy, w'at you brung?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Daddy	daddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	w'at	w'at	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	brung	brung	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brung** *in a quote* | gerund | Daddy and w'at |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Papa, w'at you bring?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:t9:o3:1
# text = "Papa, w'at you bring?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Papa	Papa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	w'at	w'at	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Papa and w'at |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Daddy, what you got?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:587-pg2306-part23:t9:o4:1
# text = "Daddy, what you got?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Daddy	Daddy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Daddy |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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