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title: What reason did Peter give for ceasing to strike Tootles with the ar… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did Peter give for ceasing to strike Tootles with the arrow? Exam question 3 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round Wendy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…

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What reason did Peter give for ceasing to strike Tootles with the arrow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** give, cease, strike · **To what, where:** Tootles

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round Wendy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/321-pg16-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e3:1
# text = What reason did Peter give for ceasing to strike Tootles with the arrow?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ceasing	cease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **cease** | gerund | reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **strike** | to-infinitive | reason *not said here* | Tootles |  |  |  | with the arrow | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tootle=Patient with arrow=Instrument |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Something stayed his hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = Something stayed his hand
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Something | his hand |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nibs called out to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = Nibs called out to him
1	Nibs	nib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle |  | Nibs *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nibs grabbed his arm and held him back from striking Tootles again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = Nibs grabbed his arm and held him back from striking Tootles again
1	Nibs	nib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | Nibs | his arm |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 2 | **hold back** | past | Nibs *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **strike** | gerund | Nibs *not said here* | Tootles |  |  | again |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tootle=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Something unseen and invisible held him back and stayed his hand from it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = Something unseen and invisible held him back and stayed his hand from it
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
2	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold back** | past | Something | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | Something *not said here* | his hand |  | hand |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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