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title: Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, swee… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.» (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» of the books c
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

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Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.» (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, book · **What happens:** wear, dance, say · **To what, where:** togs, sand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:1
# text = Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	togs	tog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** *in a quote* | past | Ruby from Sydney | their togs |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tog=Source |
| 2 | **dance** *in a quote* | participle | Ruby from Sydney *not said here* |  |  | the sand |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:2
# text = (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	togs	tog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
4	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	costume	costume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	10	punct	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	obj	_	_
13	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the book |  |  |  |  | about the dancing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They danced round Alice, singing happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:o1:1
# text = They danced round Alice, singing happily
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | They |  |  |  |  | round Alice | vn waltz-51.5 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They danced in lines, treading on her hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:o2:1
# text = They danced in lines, treading on her hat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	treading	tread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | They |  |  | lines |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location |
| 2 | **tread** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | her hat |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hat=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They danced in a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:o3:1
# text = They danced in a ring
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | They |  |  | a ring |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ring=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They danced round and round Alice, treading on her toes, singing slowly and sadly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t3:o4:1
# text = They danced round and round Alice, treading on her toes, singing slowly and sadly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	treading	tread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | They | Alice |  |  |  | round *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alice=Theme |
| 2 | **tread** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | Alice's toes |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on toe=Trajectory |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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