--- title: Why can the soldiers not stay as arches? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Why can the soldiers not stay as arches? Test 2 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro… Why can the soldiers not stay as arches? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** soldiers · **What happens:** not stay This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t2:1 # text = Why can the soldiers not stay as arches? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stay** | can | the soldiers | | | | | as arches | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t2:o1:1 # text = They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the people the Queen sentences | | custody | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, and then carry them off to the prison down by the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t2:o2:1 # text = They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, and then carry them off to the prison down by the palace 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the people the Queen sentences | | custody | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination | | 4 | **carry off** | infinitive | | people | | the prison | then | by the palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to prison=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} They have to stand guard over the gate of the palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t2:o3:1 # text = They have to stand guard over the gate of the palace 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | guard | | the gate of the palace | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme over gate=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, which means they cannot stay as arches for the whole game ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t2:o4:1 # text = They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, which means they cannot stay as arches for the whole game 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 sentences sentence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 custody custody NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get up** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the people the Queen sentences | | custody | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination | | 4 | **mean** | present | custody | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **stay** | can | people | | | | | as arches; for the whole game | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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