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title: «I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.» What… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.» What is the Dormouse's point? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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«I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.» What is the Dormouse's point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, point, Dormouse · **What happens:** grow, be, point · **To what, where:** ridiculous fashion

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:1
# text = «I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
12	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | that ridiculous fashion |  | at a reasonable pace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=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:* What is the Dormouse's point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:2
# text = What is the Dormouse's point?
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	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Dormouse's point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** |  | the Dormouse |  |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He grows fast, unlike Alice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:o1:1
# text = He grows fast, unlike Alice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	unlike	unlike	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | He |  |  |  |  | unlike Alice; fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Growing is silly, and nobody should grow in court, so Alice must leave at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:o2:1
# text = Growing is silly, and nobody should grow in court, so Alice must leave at once
1	Growing	growing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Growing |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | should | nobody |  |  | court |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in court=Location |
| 3 | **leave** | must | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location |

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

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Everyone grows, but slowly — not suddenly like Alice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:o3:1
# text = Everyone grows, but slowly — not suddenly like Alice
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  | slowly, suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Alice grows slowly, like everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t2:o4:1
# text = Alice grows slowly, like everyone
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Alice |  |  |  |  | like everyone; slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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