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title: wasn't Curly just getting blamed for stuff all the time — Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: wasn't Curly just getting blamed for stuff all the time Test 5 · ★ of lesson 318 «Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly on in the dark while Tink lures Wendy away and the pirates fire Long Tom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wasn't Curly just getting blamed for stuff all the time

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not be, blame

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 318 «Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly on in the dark while Tink lures Wendy away and the pirates fire Long Tom» 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/318-pg16-part9/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:t5:1
# text = wasn't Curly just getting blamed for stuff all the time
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	Curly	curly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	getting	get	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | curly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blame** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  | time | for stuff | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for stuff=Attribute |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L, so he's basically always the one in trouble

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:t5:o1:1
# text = yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L, so he's basically always the one in trouble
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
20	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	23	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step up** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | the one |  | trouble |  | always, basically *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L, and the boys never even thanked him

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:t5:o2:1
# text = yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L, and the boys never even thanked him
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
20	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
21	even	even	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step up** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the boys |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he got blamed for stuff he didn't do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:t5:o3:1
# text = yep, he got blamed for stuff he didn't do
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	blamed	blame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | for stuff | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for stuff=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | he | stuff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:t5:o4:1
# text = yep, he'd step up even when it wasn't him, big L
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step up** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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