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title: Why does Alice dare to say «Nonsense!» to the Queen? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Alice dare to say «Nonsense!» to the Queen? Test 5 · ★ 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 of each option; Mova
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# Test 5 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

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Why does Alice dare to say «Nonsense!» to the Queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** dare, say · **To what, where:** Nonsense · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t5:1
# text = Why does Alice dare to say «Nonsense!» to the Queen?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dare** | present · do-support | Alice |  |  |  |  | to the Queen | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | Nonsense |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nonsense=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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She is angry now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t5:o1:1
# text = She is angry now
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  | now | angry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is brave today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t5:o2:1
# text = She is brave today
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  | today | brave *property* | tree rules |

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

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She has realised they're only a pack of cards and she needn't be afraid

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t5:o3:1
# text = She has realised they're only a pack of cards and she needn't be afraid
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	realised	realise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **realise** | present · perfect | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | they | a pack |  |  |  | of cards | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She has decided the King will protect her from the Queen's anger here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1:t5:o4:1
# text = She has decided the King will protect her from the Queen's anger here
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present · perfect | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **protect** | future | the King |  | her *= she* | here |  | from the Queen's anger | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from anger=Theme |
| 3 | **anger** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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