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title: ★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if y… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if you were inside". Why? Test 16 · ★★ 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 a
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

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★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if you were inside". Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Footman, you · **What happens:** read, say, knock, make, be · **To what, where:** sense · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if you were inside".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Read carefully: the Footman says knocking might make sense "if you were inside".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Footman	Footman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	knocking	knock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	nsubj	_	_
11	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | infinitive | ★ ★ |  |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Footman |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **knock** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | might |  | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
| 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | inside *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Then the door would be a wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:o1:1
# text = Then the door would be a wall
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | the door | a wall |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Then the door would be locked tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:o2:1
# text = Then the door would be locked tight
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | would · passive |  | the door |  |  | then | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Then the door would be between them, and he could let her out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:o3:1
# text = Then the door would be between them, and he could let her out
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the door |  |  |  | then | between them *= they* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let out** | could | he | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Then he could sneeze at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper:t16:o4:1
# text = Then he could sneeze at her
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | could | he |  |  |  | then | at her *= she* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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