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title: fr, did Fox really warn him about the haslett? — Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox:… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, did Fox really warn him about the haslett? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks B…

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fr, did Fox really warn him about the haslett?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** fox, warn · **To what, where:** fr

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 588 «Uncle Remus, The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox to his death and escapes Miss Fox» 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/588-pg2306-part24/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t8:1
# text = fr, did Fox really warn him about the haslett?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	Fox	fox	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	haslett	haslett	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fox** | past · do-support | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | infinitive | fr *not said here* |  | fr |  |  | about the haslett | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about haslett=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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yup, don't cut round the haslett

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t8:o1:1
# text = yup, don't cut round the haslett
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	haslett	haslett	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the haslett |  | yup *vocative* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round haslett=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, don't cut in the maul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t8:o2:1
# text = nah, don't cut in the maul
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	maul	maul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the maul |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yup, don't cut round the haslett or the cow will fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t8:o3:1
# text = yup, don't cut round the haslett or the cow will fall
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	haslett	haslett	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the haslett |  | yup *vocative* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round haslett=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | future | the cow |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yup, don't cut near the hock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:588-pg2306-part24:t8:o4:1
# text = yup, don't cut near the hock
1	yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hock	hock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the hock |  | yup *vocative* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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