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title: Yo, so why couldn't Peter fly or swim no more, innit? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, so why couldn't Peter fly or swim no more, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 2 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

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Yo, so why couldn't Peter fly or swim no more, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** fly, swim, innit · **To what, where:** more

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» 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/326-pg16-part17/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t2:1
# text = Yo, so why couldn't Peter fly or swim no more, innit?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	no	no	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | could | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Trajectory |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hook had wounded him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = Hook had wounded him
1	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | past · perfect · passive |  | Hook |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he was hurt bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = he was hurt bad
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hook bit him bad, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = Hook bit him bad, mate
1	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | Hook | him *= he* |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; bad *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his wings were hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = his wings were hurt
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | his wings |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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