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title: Remus ain't dressin' fancy, so what he put on? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Remus ain't dressin' fancy, so what he put on? Test 8 · ★ 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 and o
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# Test 8 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus's Story of the War, part 28: Remu…

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Remus ain't dressin' fancy, so what he put on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Remus · **What happens:** put on

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t8:1
# text = Remus ain't dressin' fancy, so what he put on?
1	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ai	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	dressin	dressin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put on** | past | Remus |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: 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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his finest silk suit from town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t8:o1:1
# text = his finest silk suit from town
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the fancy uniform he kept hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t8:o2:1
# text = the fancy uniform he kept hidden
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the fancy uniform |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle | the fancy uniform *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his church clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t8:o3:1
# text = his church clothes
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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his Sunday clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:592-pg2306-part28:t8:o4:1
# text = his Sunday clothes
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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