--- title: Dang, what did Charley say he was gonna shake? — Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Dang, what did Charley say he was gonna shake? Test 13 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/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, The Florida Watermelon, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/598-pg2306-part34/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Florida Watermelon, part 34: Remus warns… Dang, what did Charley say he was gonna shake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Charley · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t13:1 # text = Dang, what did Charley say he was gonna shake? 1 Dang Dang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Charley Charley PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ _ 10 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Charley | | | | | Dang *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Charley | | | | | shake *property* | tree rules | 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} The temptation of the world and the flesh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t13:o1:1 # text = The temptation of the world and the flesh 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tempt** | | | the world | | | | | nom temptation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sinfulness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t13:o2:1 # text = Sinfulness 1 Sinfulness sinfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} All the wicked habits of the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t13:o3:1 # text = All the wicked habits of the town 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 habits habit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Worldliness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:598-pg2306-part34:t13:o4:1 # text = Worldliness 1 Worldliness worldliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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