---
title: Bruv, what was that paper-looking thing on the lagoon, innit? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was that paper-looking thing on the lagoon, innit? Test 9 · ★ 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 tr
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruv, what was that paper-looking thing on the lagoon, innit?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv, you · **What happens:** look, be, innit · **To what, where:** looking thing, lagoon

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t9:1
# text = Bruv, what was that paper-looking thing on the lagoon, innit?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Bruv | looking thing |  | the lagoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Never bird on her nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t9:o1:1
# text = the Never bird on her nest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bird on a little raft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t9:o2:1
# text = a bird on a little raft
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	raft	raft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bundle of old paper floating on the water near the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t9:o3:1
# text = a bundle of old paper floating on the water near the rock
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund | a bundle of old paper *not said here* |  |  | the water |  | near the rock | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme on water=Source near rock=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Never bird sitting on her nest in the middle of the lagoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t9:o4:1
# text = the Never bird sitting on her nest in the middle of the lagoon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund | the bird *not said here* |  |  | bird's nest |  | in the middle of the lagoon | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on nest=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/t8/)
- next →: [Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho…, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/t10/)
- ↑ back to [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/)