--- title: Be honest, what was the old man doing with his pockets? — Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Be honest, what was the old man doing with his pockets? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/599-pg2306-part35/t9/) [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 Fourth of July, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/599-pg2306-part35/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus show… Be honest, what was the old man doing with his pockets? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** old man This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 599 «Uncle Remus, The Fourth of July, part 35: Uncle Remus shows up bandaged on the Fourth of July, and the newspaper men question him about a fight with a slick man» 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/599-pg2306-part35/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t9:1 # text = Be honest, what was the old man doing with his pockets? 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pockets pocket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the old man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | | | | | with man's pockets | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Counting his money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t9:o1:1 # text = Counting his money 1 Counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | his money | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Searching ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t9:o2:1 # text = Searching 1 Searching searching NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Fumbling around ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t9:o3:1 # text = Fumbling around 1 Fumbling fumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 around around ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fumble around** | gerund | | | | | | around *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Looking for coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:599-pg2306-part35:t9:o4:1 # text = Looking for coins 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for coins | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for coin=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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