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title: Why'd Hook get Smee to bang the tom-tom, then? — Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd Hook get Smee to bang the tom-tom, then? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 330 «Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 7 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surp…

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Why'd Hook get Smee to bang the tom-tom, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Smee · **What happens:** hook, get, bang · **To what, where:** Smee, tom tom

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 330 «Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom» 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/330-pg16-part21/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t7:1
# text = Why'd Hook get Smee to bang the tom-tom, then?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Hook	hook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bang	bang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	tom	tom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tom	tom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hook** | would |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  | Smee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bang** | to-infinitive | Smee *not said here* | the tom tom |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tom=Theme |

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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}

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To warn the pirates of danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t7:o1:1
# text = To warn the pirates of danger
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the pirates of danger |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pirate=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To trick the boys up the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t7:o2:1
# text = To trick the boys up the trees
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trick	trick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick up** | to-infinitive |  | the boys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To wake the sleeping braves early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t7:o3:1
# text = To wake the sleeping braves early
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	braves	brave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | to-infinitive |  | the sleeping braves |  |  |  | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brave=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To scare them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t7:o4:1
# text = To scare them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

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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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