--- title: Yo, what'd Remus say he'd do to that boy? — Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what'd Remus say he'd do to that boy? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/t1/) [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, The Florida Watermelon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns… Yo, what'd Remus say he'd do to that boy? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Remus · **What happens:** say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 598 «Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns a boy, tells of a stomach ache, and grumbles about schooling» 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/598-pg2306-part34/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t1:1 # text = Yo, what'd Remus say he'd do to that boy? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Remus Remus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Remus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | would | Remus | | | | | to that boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 {#o1} Whip him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t1:o1:1 # text = Whip him 1 Whip whip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whip** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | ### Option 2 {#o2} Knock him down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t1:o2:1 # text = Knock him down 1 Knock knock VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock down** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Lay him out flat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t1:o3:1 # text = Lay him out flat 1 Lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 flat flat ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay out** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | flat *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t1:o4:1 # text = Hit him 1 Hit hit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | **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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