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title: What would have happened, Alice thought, if she had left the baby in… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened, Alice thought, if she had left the baby in the kitchen? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» 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 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

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What would have happened, Alice thought, if she had left the baby in the kitchen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** happen, think, leave · **To what, where:** baby, kitchen

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» 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/12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t4:1
# text = What would have happened, Alice thought, if she had left the baby in the kitchen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Alice | the baby |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in kitchen=Location |

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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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The cook would have fed it to the pigs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t4:o1:1
# text = The cook would have fed it to the pigs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | would · perfect · passive | the pigs | the cook |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient it=Theme |

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

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They would have killed it in a day or two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t4:o2:1
# text = They would have killed it in a day or two
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | would · perfect · passive |  | They |  |  | day |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer it=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Duchess would have shouted and the cook would have thrown the frying-pan at it for hours

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t4:o3:1
# text = The Duchess would have shouted and the cook would have thrown the frying-pan at it for hours
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	shouted	shout	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	frying	frying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | would · perfect | the Duchess |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **throw** | would · perfect · passive |  | the cook |  | pan | hour |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination pan=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would have taken it to the Queen's palace and made it play croquet with the hedgehogs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:12-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat:t4:o4:1
# text = They would have taken it to the Queen's palace and made it play croquet with the hedgehogs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would · perfect | They | it |  | the Queen's palace |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Destination |
| 2 | **make** | past | They *not said here* | palace |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | infinitive | palace *not said here* | croquet |  |  |  | with the hedgehogs | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with hedgehog=Co-Agent |

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