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title: Wot did society say to him, like, for a laugh? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wot did society say to him, like, for a laugh? Test 6 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

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Wot did society say to him, like, for a laugh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wot · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** society · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t6:1
# text = Wot did society say to him, like, for a laugh?
1	Wot	Wot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Wot |  | society |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

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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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"Why don't you stay in the kennel forever, dear Mr. Darling, nobody minds."

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t6:o1:1
# text = "Why don't you stay in the kennel forever, dear Mr. Darling, nobody minds."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	17	nsubj	_	_
17	minds	mind	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  | the kennel |  | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location |
| 2 | **mind** *in a quote* | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Do come in the kennel."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t6:o2:1
# text = "Do come in the kennel."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  | the kennel |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Please sit down now."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t6:o3:1
# text = "Please sit down now."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Do come in and sit by the fire, we have been waiting for you all day."

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t6:o4:1
# text = "Do come in and sit by the fire, we have been waiting for you all day."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	aux	_	_
14	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |
| 3 | **wait** *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | we |  |  |  | day | for you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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