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title: Looking back: where did Alice first meet the Cheshire Cat? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: where did Alice first meet the Cheshire Cat? Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

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Looking back: where did Alice first meet the Cheshire Cat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, meet · **To what, where:** Cheshire Cat

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» 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/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t13:1
# text = Looking back: where did Alice first meet the Cheshire Cat?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **meet** | past · do-support | Looking | the Cheshire Cat |  |  |  | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent |

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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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In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth, beside the cook and the baby and the pepper pot

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t13:o1:1
# text = In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth, beside the cook and the baby and the pepper pot
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	grinning	grin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* |  |  | the hearth and the cook and the baby and the pepper pot |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth, while the pepper was flying everywhere in the room

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t13:o2:1
# text = In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth, while the pepper was flying everywhere in the room
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	grinning	grin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
17	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* |  |  | the hearth |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | past · progressive | the pepper |  |  | the room |  | everywhere *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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On the croquet ground, asleep in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t13:o3:1
# text = On the croquet ground, asleep in the grass
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	croquet	croquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t13:o4:1
# text = In the Duchess's kitchen, grinning on the hearth
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	grinning	grin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grin** | gerund | the Duchess's kitchen *not said here* |  |  | the hearth |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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