--- title: What occasioned Hook's hesitation at the foot of the tree? — Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What occasioned Hook's hesitation at the foot of the tree? Exam question 3 of lesson 331 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carried off, and Hook finds Peter asleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/331-pg16-part22/e3/) [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 and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/331-pg16-part22/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carr… What occasioned Hook's hesitation at the foot of the tree? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hook · **What happens:** occasion, hesitate · **To what, where:** hesitation, foot This is exam question 3 of lesson 331 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carried off, and Hook finds Peter asleep» 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/331-pg16-part22/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e3:1 # text = What occasioned Hook's hesitation at the foot of the tree? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 occasioned occasion VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Hook Hook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occasion** | past | | Hook's hesitation | | the foot of the tree | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hesitate** | | Hook | | | | | | nom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: 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 {#o1} the sound of the crew ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e3:o1:1 # text = the sound of the crew 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Tinker Bell's bright light ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e3:o2:1 # text = Tinker Bell's bright light 1 Tinker tinker NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Bell Bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | | Bell Tinker | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Peter's voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e3:o3:1 # text = Peter's voice 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Peter's impertinent appearance ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e3:o4:1 # text = Peter's impertinent appearance 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 impertinent impertinent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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