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title: why Remus yellin' at them to walk back? — Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: why Remus yellin' at them to walk back? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 6 · ★ · Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets…

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why Remus yellin' at them to walk back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** walk back

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 596 «Uncle Remus, A Case of Measles, part 32: Remus brags, gets sick, warns a poor family, and confesses to a murder that may not have happened» 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/596-pg2306-part32/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t6:1
# text = why Remus yellin' at them to walk back?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	Remus	remus	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
3	yellin	yellin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the cars can get you in trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t6:o1:1
# text = the cars can get you in trouble
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | the cars | you |  | trouble |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the train tickets cost too much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t6:o2:1
# text = the train tickets cost too much
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the train tickets | much |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the cars can get you in real trouble, the conductor will throw everybody off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t6:o3:1
# text = the cars can get you in real trouble, the conductor will throw everybody off
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	conductor	conductor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | the cars | you |  | real trouble |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 2 | **throw off** | future | the conductor | everybody |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everybody=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cars can get you in trouble with the law, no tickets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:596-pg2306-part32:t6:o4:1
# text = the cars can get you in trouble with the law, no tickets
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | can | the cars | you |  | trouble with the law and no tickets |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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