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title: Looking back: at the tea-party, who told Alice «Then you should say… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: at the tea-party, who told Alice «Then you should say what you mean»? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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Looking back: at the tea-party, who told Alice «Then you should say what you mean»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tea party, Alice · **What happens:** look back, tell, say, mean · **To what, where:** Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» 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/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t11:1
# text = Looking back: at the tea-party, who told Alice «Then you should say what you mean»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	iobj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the tea party |  | Alice |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | should | Alice |  |  |  | then |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 {#o1}

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The Cheshire Cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t11:o1:1
# text = The Cheshire Cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mock Turtle, who was sitting at the tea-table near the Hatter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t11:o2:1
# text = The Mock Turtle, who was sitting at the tea-table near the Hatter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the Mock Turtle |  |  | the tea table |  | near the Hatter | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The March Hare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t11:o3:1
# text = The March Hare
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Gryphon, who was the one who always told the Mock Turtle what to say

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t11:o4:1
# text = The Gryphon, who was the one who always told the Mock Turtle what to say
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Mock	Mock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	iobj	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Gryphon | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the one |  | the Mock Turtle |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent turtle=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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