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title: Looking back: why does «Treacle» make sense coming from the Dormouse? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: why does «Treacle» make sense coming from the Dormouse? Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise witness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Looking back: why does «Treacle» make sense coming from the Dormouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, sense · **What happens:** look back, treacle, make, come · **To what, where:** sense, Dormouse · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise 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/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t14:1
# text = Looking back: why does «Treacle» make sense coming from the Dormouse?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Treacle	treacle	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **treacle** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | present | Looking | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | sense *not said here* |  |  | the Dormouse |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dormouse=Initial\_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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was at the tea-party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t14:o1:1
# text = He was at the tea-party
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | the tea party |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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His story at the tea-party was about sisters living on treacle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t14:o2:1
# text = His story at the tea-party was about sisters living on treacle
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	treacle	treacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His story at the tea party |  |  |  |  | about sisters | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | gerund | sisters *not said here* |  |  | treacle |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on treacle=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was telling a tale about the tea-party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t14:o3:1
# text = He was telling a tale about the tea-party
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	_	_
3	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | He | a tale |  |  |  | about the tea party | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient about party=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His story was about sisters who lived in a well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t14:o4:1
# text = His story was about sisters who lived in a well
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | His story |  |  |  |  | about sisters | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | past | sisters |  |  | a well |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in well=Location |

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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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