--- title: So is the tale over, or does Remus still got stuff to say? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics description: So is the tale over, or does Remus still got stuff to say? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/594-pg2306-part30/t13/) [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 and the Savan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/594-pg2306-part30/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:… So is the tale over, or does Remus still got stuff to say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tale, Remus, stuff · **What happens:** be, do, get, say · **To what, where:** stuff · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» 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/594-pg2306-part30/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t13:1 # text = So is the tale over, or does Remus still got stuff to say? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the tale | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present | the tale *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | past | Remus | stuff | | | still | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | stuff *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} It keeps goin', he's still talkin' ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t13:o1:1 # text = It keeps goin', he's still talkin' 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 goin goin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 talkin talkin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | goin | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goin=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | he | talkin | | | still | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It's over, fam ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t13:o2:1 # text = It's over, fam 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It's done, he's quiet now, fam ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t13:o3:1 # text = It's done, he's quiet now, fam 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · passive | | It | | | now | fam *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he's still talkin' on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t13:o4:1 # text = Nah, he's still talkin' on 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 talkin talkin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talkin** | present · progressive | he | | | | still | | tree rules | **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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