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title: Smee's proper gaff, right? He's always sewing, bless him. — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Smee's proper gaff, right? He's always sewing, bless him. Test 3 · ★ of lesson 333 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refuse, and Wendy is brought up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 3 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refus…

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Smee's proper gaff, right? He's always sewing, bless him.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Smee · **What happens:** sew, bless · **To what, where:** Smee

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 333 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refuse, and Wendy is brought up» 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/333-pg16-part24/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Smee's proper gaff, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:1
# text = Smee's proper gaff, right?
1	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gaff	gaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* He's always sewing, bless him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:2
# text = He's always sewing, bless him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | present · progressive | Smee |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bless** | infinitive | Smee *not said here* | Smee |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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forever mending

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:o1:1
# text = forever mending
1	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	mending	mend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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always sewing and mending the crew's shirts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:o2:1
# text = always sewing and mending the crew's shirts
1	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	mending	mend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mend** | gerund |  | the crew's shirts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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always sewing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:o3:1
# text = always sewing
1	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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he never stops sewing for the whole crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:t3:o4:1
# text = he never stops sewing for the whole crew
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sew** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the whole crew | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for crew=Beneficiary |

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