--- title: «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» Wh… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» What is the whiting trying to do? Test 4 · ★★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/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 X, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri… «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» What is the whiting trying to do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, whiting · **What happens:** turn, come, join, be, try, do · **To what, where:** beloved snail, dance This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:1 # text = «Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | beloved snail | | | then | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **join** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the dance | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the whiting trying to do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:2 # text = What is the whiting trying to do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 whiting whiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the whiting | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the whiting *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the whiting *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Scare the snail away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:o1:1 # text = Scare the snail away 1 Scare scare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scare away** | imperative | you *not said here* | the snail | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus snail=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Tell the snail to stop crying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:o2:1 # text = Tell the snail to stop crying 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 6 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the snail | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent snail=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Warn the snail about the porpoise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:o3:1 # text = Warn the snail about the porpoise 1 Warn warn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 porpoise porpoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | imperative | you *not said here* | | the snail | | | about the porpoise | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent snail=Recipient about porpoise=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Persuade the scared snail that being thrown far out to sea is fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1:t4:o4:1 # text = Persuade the scared snail that being thrown far out to sea is fine 1 Persuade persuade VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **persuade** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **throw** | gerund · passive | | the scared snail | | sea | | out *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination | | 3 | **is** | present | the scared snail | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | **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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