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title: Looking back to chapter I: what else did Alice say about the earth w… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back to chapter I: what else did Alice say about the earth while falling? Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

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Looking back to chapter I: what else did Alice say about the earth while falling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice, I · **What happens:** look back, chapter, say, fall · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» 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/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t13:1
# text = Looking back to chapter I: what else did Alice say about the earth while falling?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chapter** |  | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Alice |  |  |  |  | about the earth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 4 | **fall** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the centre was about four thousand miles down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t13:o1:1
# text = That the centre was about four thousand miles down
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that centre | thousand miles |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and nobody had ever been there before

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t13:o2:1
# text = That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and nobody had ever been there before
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	cop	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	parataxis	_	_
17	before	before	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that centre |  |  |  |  | thousand miles *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | nobody |  |  |  | ever | before, there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and the earth was hot and round

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t13:o3:1
# text = That the centre was about four thousand miles down, and the earth was hot and round
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that centre |  |  |  |  | thousand miles *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the earth |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the sky was four thousand miles down and the earth spun like a top, very fast indeed

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t13:o4:1
# text = That the sky was four thousand miles down and the earth spun like a top, very fast indeed
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
12	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
19	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that sky |  |  |  |  | thousand miles *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | participle |  | the earth *not said here* |  |  |  | like a top | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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