--- title: Ole Miss was cryin' so hard she couldn't do what? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Ole Miss was cryin' so hard she couldn't do what? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/592-pg2306-part28/t3/) [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, Uncle Remus's Story of th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/592-pg2306-part28/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remu… Ole Miss was cryin' so hard she couldn't do what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Miss cryin · **What happens:** be, not do · **To what, where:** Miss cryin This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 592 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remus hides the stock and waits with his axe as the Yankees pass» 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/592-pg2306-part28/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t3:1 # text = Ole Miss was cryin' so hard she couldn't do what? 1 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 cryin cryin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Miss cryin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **do** | could | Miss cryin | | | | | hard *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} write letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t3:o1:1 # text = write letters 1 write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | letters | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} cry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t3:o2:1 # text = cry 1 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} read the paper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t3:o3:1 # text = read the paper 1 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the paper | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Topic | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} read ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t3:o4:1 # text = read 1 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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