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title: John and Michael got dragged off to graft, bare unfair! — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: John and Michael got dragged off to graft, bare unfair! Test 9 · ★ 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 wron
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# Test 9 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…

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John and Michael got dragged off to graft, bare unfair!

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** drag off · **To what, where:** John, graft

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t9:1
# text = John and Michael got dragged off to graft, bare unfair!
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	graft	graft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag off** | past · passive |  | John and Michael |  | graft |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to graft=Destination |

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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 -->
Nah, they were just sent to fetch water and firewood for the boys and Wendy

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t9:o1:1
# text = Nah, they were just sent to fetch water and firewood for the boys and Wendy
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | water and firewood |  |  |  | for the boys | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Theme for boy=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they got sent to the mines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, they got sent to the mines
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | they |  | the mines |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mine=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they were servants now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they were servants now
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | servants |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the pirates grabbed them and made them row the ship all day long

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the pirates grabbed them and made them row the ship all day long
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	row	row	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | the pirates | them *= they* |  |  | day | long *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | the pirates *not said here* | pirates *= pirate* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **row** | infinitive | pirates *= pirate* *not said here* | the ship |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent ship=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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