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title: What does «Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it» show a… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does «Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it» show about the Duchess now? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

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What does «Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it» show about the Duchess now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Everything, you · **What happens:** get, find, show · **To what, where:** moral · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t3:1
# text = What does «Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it» show about the Duchess now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	nsubj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
17	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive · do-support | Everything | a moral |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary moral=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | moral |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 3 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  | now | about the Duchess | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about duchess=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She is so keen on morals that she finds one even where there is no sense

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t3:o1:1
# text = She is so keen on morals that she finds one even where there is no sense
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	morals	moral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | morals |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | one | no sense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is keen on morals and tells them to anyone at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t3:o2:1
# text = She is keen on morals and tells them to anyone at all
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	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	morals	moral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | morals |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | She *not said here* |  | morals *= moral* |  |  | to anyone | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is so keen on morals that she finds one even where there is no sense at all, and invents them on the spot

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t3:o3:1
# text = She is so keen on morals that she finds one even where there is no sense at all, and invents them on the spot
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	morals	moral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nsubj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	invents	invent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
22	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | morals |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | one | no sense |  | all |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **invent** | present |  | morals *= moral* |  | the spot |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is so keen on morals that she finds one even in pepper, mustard, and the baby, and loves to shout them

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1:t3:o4:1
# text = She is so keen on morals that she finds one even in pepper, mustard, and the baby, and loves to shout them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	morals	moral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | morals |  | keen *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | she | one pepper and mustard and the baby |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pepper=Topic |
| 3 | **love** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **shout** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | pepper |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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