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title: What would happen at a school if a child were friends with Time, as… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen at a school if a child were friends with Time, as the Hatter explains it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 5 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

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What would happen at a school if a child were friends with Time, as the Hatter explains it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** child, Hatter · **What happens:** happen, be, explain · **To what, where:** school, friends, child

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» 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/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t5:1
# text = What would happen at a school if a child were friends with Time, as the Hatter explains it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | a school | time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at school=Location |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a child | friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | the Hatter | child |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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 clock would jump to dinner-time at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t5:o1:1
# text = The clock would jump to dinner-time at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | would | the clock |  |  |  | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory |

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

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Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t5:o2:1
# text = Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	whizz	whizz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whizz** | could |  | the clock |  | lessons | time | to dinner | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lessons would last all day long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t5:o3:1
# text = Lessons would last all day long
1	Lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | would | Lessons |  |  |  | day | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner, and the school would close for ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1:t5:o4:1
# text = Time could whizz the clock from lessons to dinner, and the school would close for ever
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	whizz	whizz	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	clock	clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	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	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whizz** | could |  | the clock |  | lessons | time | to dinner | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** | would | the school |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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