--- title: Why is it «no use speaking to it till its ears have come»? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it «no use speaking to it till its ears have come»? Test 4 · ★★ 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](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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro… Why is it «no use speaking to it till its ears have come»? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, use, ears · **What happens:** be, speak, come · **To what, where:** use · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t4:1 # text = Why is it «no use speaking to it till its ears have come»? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | no use | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | no use *not said here* | | use | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Agent | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | use's ears | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 {#o1} She thinks it cannot see her yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t4:o1:1 # text = She thinks it cannot see her yet 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 yet yet ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **see** | can | it | her *= she* | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} It is too small ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t4:o2:1 # text = It is too small 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has no mouth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t4:o3:1 # text = It has no mouth 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | It | no mouth | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Alice thinks it couldn't hear her without ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2:t4:o4:1 # text = Alice thinks it couldn't hear her without ears 1 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **hear** | could | it | Alice | | | | without ears | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | **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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