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title: Blud, why'd John say "ay, ay, sir" then? — Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Blud, why'd John say "ay, ay, sir" then? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Never…

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Blud, why'd John say "ay, ay, sir" then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Blud · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» 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/317-pg16-part8/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t10:1
# text = Blud, why'd John say "ay, ay, sir" then?
1	Blud	Blud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ay	ay	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	ay	ay	INTJ	UH	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | Blud |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ay=Topic |

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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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to answer Peter like a sailor and show he obeyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t10:o1:1
# text = to answer Peter like a sailor and show he obeyed
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | Peter |  |  | like a sailor | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent peter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **obey** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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to answer Peter like a sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t10:o2:1
# text = to answer Peter like a sailor
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | Peter |  |  | like a sailor | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent peter=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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because Peter ordered him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t10:o3:1
# text = because Peter ordered him
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | Peter |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to answer Peter like a proper sailor on Hook's old ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t10:o4:1
# text = to answer Peter like a proper sailor on Hook's old ship
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | Peter |  |  | like a proper sailor on Hook's old ship | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent peter=Eventuality |

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