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title: Real talk, what is the glory-crown in the song? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what is the glory-crown in the song? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

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Real talk, what is the glory-crown in the song?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** glory crown, song

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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/589-pg2306-part25/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t8:1
# text = Real talk, what is the glory-crown in the song?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Real talk | the glory crown |  | the song |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A crown for the faithful saints

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = A crown for the faithful saints
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	saints	saint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A reward for those who stand strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = A reward for those who stand strong
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | a reward for those |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A golden crown that the Lord places upon the head of each saint at the end

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = A golden crown that the Lord places upon the head of each saint at the end
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crown of thorns that the preacher says every man must bear on his brow

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = The crown of thorns that the preacher says every man must bear on his brow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	preacher	preacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preacher** |  | thorns |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the crown of thorns |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bear** | must | every man |  |  | man's brow |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **crown** |  |  | thorns |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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