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title: Wait, what's Remus mad about with the pie sellers? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what's Remus mad about with the pie sellers? Test 6 · ★ 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 dependenc
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# Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

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Wait, what's Remus mad about with the pie sellers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t6:1
# text = Wait, what's Remus mad about with the pie sellers?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Remus	Remus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sellers	seller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about the pie sellers; mad *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sellin' pies when folks are hungry and the young men ain't even workin' hard

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t6:o1:1
# text = Sellin' pies when folks are hungry and the young men ain't even workin' hard
1	Sellin	Sellin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	ai	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	workin	workin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sellin's pies |  |  |  |  | hard, hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | the young men | workin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sellin' pies when folks are hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t6:o2:1
# text = Sellin' pies when folks are hungry
1	Sellin	Sellin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | folks |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sellin' pies on the corner, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t6:o3:1
# text = Sellin' pies on the corner, fam
1	Sellin	Sellin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sellin' pies for a profit when the whole town is hungry and poor and tired

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t6:o4:1
# text = Sellin' pies for a profit when the whole town is hungry and poor and tired
1	Sellin	Sellin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	pies	pie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sellin's pies for a profit |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Sellin's pies for a profit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Sellin's pies for a profit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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