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title: Why'd Peter go off on the Lost Boys for pretending? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd Peter go off on the Lost Boys for pretending? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…

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Why'd Peter go off on the Lost Boys for pretending?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** go off, lose, pretend

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This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t8:1
# text = Why'd Peter go off on the Lost Boys for pretending?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	Boys	Boy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | would | Peter |  |  |  |  | on the Lost Boys | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on boy=Location |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pretend** | gerund | Peter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Cos they were pretending to fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t8:o1:1
# text = Cos they were pretending to fly
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cos pretending is a sin and Peter thinks all the boys should always tell the truth about everything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t8:o2:1
# text = Cos pretending is a sin and Peter thinks all the boys should always tell the truth about everything
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund | a sin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a sin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | all boys | the truth |  |  |  | about everything; always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about everything=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos they were pretending to be pirates and that is not allowed in his camp at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t8:o3:1
# text = Cos they were pretending to be pirates and that is not allowed in his camp at all
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | pirates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | that |  | his camp |  | at all | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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

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Cos make-believe is real to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t8:o4:1
# text = Cos make-believe is real to him
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Cos |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | infinitive | Cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

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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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