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title: Wot was the dad's big promise, innit? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wot was the dad's big promise, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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 2 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

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Wot was the dad's big promise, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wot, big promise · **What happens:** be, innit · **To what, where:** big promise

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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/337-pg16-part28/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t2:1
# text = Wot was the dad's big promise, innit?
1	Wot	Wot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Wot | the dad's big promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | the dad's big promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Visit the office till they come home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t2:o1:1
# text = Visit the office till they come home
1	Visit	visit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | imperative | you *not said here* | the office |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | they |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay in the kennel till they come back and never go to the office again

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t2:o2:1
# text = Stay in the kennel till they come back and never go to the office again
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the kennel |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location |
| 2 | **come back** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the office | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to office=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk round the block every day until the children are finally found by the police

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t2:o3:1
# text = Walk round the block every day until the children are finally found by the police
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the block | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round block=Trajectory |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive | the police | the children |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay in the kennel till they come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t2:o4:1
# text = Stay in the kennel till they come back
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the kennel |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location |
| 2 | **come back** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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