--- title: According to the narrative, by what means did Peter approach the brig? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hi… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the narrative, by what means did Peter approach the brig? Exam question 3 of lesson 334 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter ticks his way aboard the ship» 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/334-pg16-part25/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 Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/334-pg16-part25/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter tick… According to the narrative, by what means did Peter approach the brig? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** accord, mean, approach · **To what, where:** narrative, brig · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 334 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter ticks his way aboard the ship» 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/334-pg16-part25/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:e3:1 # text = According to the narrative, by what means did Peter approach the brig? 1 According accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 brig brig NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | to the narrative *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **approach** | past · do-support | Peter | the brig | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brig=Theme | 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} by rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:e3:o1:1 # text = by rope 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} by floating on the tide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:e3:o2:1 # text = by floating on the tide 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 floating float VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float** | gerund | | | | the tide | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tide=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by swimming up the side ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:e3:o3:1 # text = by swimming up the side 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim up** | gerund | | the side | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme side=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} by boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:e3:o4:1 # text = by boat 1 by by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 boat boat 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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