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title: Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

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Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter · **What happens:** look back, happen · **To what, where:** Bill

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» 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/21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Bill	Bill	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Lizard	Lizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | past | chapter |  | Bill |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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He was sent down the chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t11:o1:1
# text = He was sent down the chimney
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send down** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | down the chimney | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination chimney=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He was sent into the garden by the King, and Alice chased him away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t11:o2:1
# text = He was sent into the garden by the King, and Alice chased him away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | the King | He |  | the garden |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **chase away** | past | Alice | King |  |  |  | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

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He was sent down the chimney, and Alice kicked him up «like a sky-rocket»

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t11:o3:1
# text = He was sent down the chimney, and Alice kicked him up «like a sky-rocket»
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send down** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | down the chimney | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination chimney=Theme |
| 2 | **kick up** | past | Alice | him *= he* |  |  |  | like a sky rocket | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent up the chimney by Alice, who then ran off to the garden

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1:t11:o4:1
# text = He was sent up the chimney by Alice, who then ran off to the garden
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send up** | past · passive | Alice | He |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination chimney=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | past |  |  |  |  | then | to the garden *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to garden=Result |

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