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title: Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears. Why? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears. Why? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

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Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** look back, try · **To what, where:** box, chapter

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
10	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **try** | past | I | box  Alice's own ears |  | chapter |  | once *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Eventuality |

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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:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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For cheating at croquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:o1:1
# text = For cheating at croquet
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | gerund |  |  |  | croquet |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, and then she lost anyway

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:o2:1
# text = For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, and then she lost anyway
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | gerund |  | herself *= she* |  | a game of croquet |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Source |
| 2 | **play** | past · progressive | she | croquet *not said here* |  |  |  | against herself *= she* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme |
| 3 | **lose** | past | she |  |  |  | then | anyway *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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For being rude to herself during a long game of croquet with the Duchess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:o3:1
# text = For being rude to herself during a long game of croquet with the Duchess
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  | herself *= she* |  | during a long game of croquet with the Duchess | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t12:o4:1
# text = For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | gerund |  | herself *= she* |  | a game of croquet |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Source |
| 2 | **play** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | against herself *= she* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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