--- title: What reason does the text give for Peter's refusal to eat without ca… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boy… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason does the text give for Peter's refusal to eat without cause? Exam question 4 of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/322-pg16-part13/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/322-pg16-part13/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a hous… What reason does the text give for Peter's refusal to eat without cause? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, text, Peter · **What happens:** do, give, eat, refuse This is exam question 4 of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» 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/322-pg16-part13/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:e4:1 # text = What reason does the text give for Peter's refusal to eat without cause? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 without without ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what reason | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | the text | | | | | for Peter's refusal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the text *not said here* | | | | | without cause | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **refuse** | | Peter | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} he would not stodge merely to feel stodgy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:e4:o1:1 # text = he would not stodge merely to feel stodgy 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 stodge stodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 merely merely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 stodgy stodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stodge** | would | he | | | | | merely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | stodgy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} he did not like food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:e4:o2:1 # text = he did not like food 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | he | food | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} he wanted to stay thin and quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:e4:o3:1 # text = he wanted to stay thin and quick 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | thin *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he would not eat just to be full ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:e4:o4:1 # text = he would not eat just to be full 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | would | he | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | **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. 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