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title: Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling! Ridiculous… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling! Ridiculous." Why is it funny? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 5 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

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Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling! Ridiculous." Why is it funny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cross · **What happens:** fancy, curtsey, fall, be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» 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/1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:1
# text = Nan, a bit cross: "Fancy curtseying while you're falling!
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	curtseying	curtsey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **curtsey** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ridiculous."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:2
# text = Ridiculous."
1	Ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why is it funny?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:3
# text = Why is it funny?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cross |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Curtseying is hard to do while falling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:o1:1
# text = Curtseying is hard to do while falling
1	Curtseying	curtsey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curtsey** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:o2:1
# text = It is silly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |

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

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You cannot bow politely while tumbling through the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:o3:1
# text = You cannot bow politely while tumbling through the air
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tumbling	tumble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bow** | can | You |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tumble** | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  | the air |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through air=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1-alice-ch1-part1-down-the-rabbit-hole:t5:o4:1
# text = She is rude
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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