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title: Was Wendy's last ever talk with Peter a happy one, or dead sad? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Wendy's last ever talk with Peter a happy one, or dead sad? Test 15 · ★ of lesson 339 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about Neverland» 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 15 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about…

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Was Wendy's last ever talk with Peter a happy one, or dead sad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, talk · **To what, where:** happy one

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 339 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about Neverland» 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/339-pg16-part30/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:t15:1
# text = Was Wendy's last ever talk with Peter a happy one, or dead sad?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | last *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive |  | a happy one |  |  | ever | with Peter | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with peter=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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a bit angry, asking for a kiss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:t15:o1:1
# text = a bit angry, asking for a kiss
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a kiss | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a bit plaintive, asking him not to forget her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:t15:o2:1
# text = a bit plaintive, asking him not to forget her
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	plaintive	plaintive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **forget** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a little cheerful, asking him to stay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:t15:o3:1
# text = a little cheerful, asking him to stay
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a bit plaintive, asking him not to forget her and to come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:t15:o4:1
# text = a bit plaintive, asking him not to forget her and to come back
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	plaintive	plaintive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **forget** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come back** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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