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title: Oi, what sword did Peter say he slew Barbecue with? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what sword did Peter say he slew Barbecue with? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

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Oi, what sword did Peter say he slew Barbecue with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** sword, say, slay · **To what, where:** Barbecue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» 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/329-pg16-part20/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:t9:1
# text = Oi, what sword did Peter say he slew Barbecue with?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	sword	sword	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sword** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **slay** | past | Peter | Barbecue |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barbecue=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The same one he grabbed in the battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:t9:o1:1
# text = The same one he grabbed in the battle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | the same one *not said here* |  | the battle |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The same one he grabbed in the battle, the sword he used on Barbecue

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:t9:o2:1
# text = The same one he grabbed in the battle, the sword he used on Barbecue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | the same one |  |  | the battle |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | past | he | the sword *not said here* |  | Barbecue |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hanger he found in the battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:t9:o3:1
# text = A hanger he found in the battle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hanger	hanger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | a hanger |  |  | the battle |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sword he took from Hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:t9:o4:1
# text = The sword he took from Hook
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the sword |  |  | Hook |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from hook=Initial\_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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