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title: Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.» (hun = love,… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.» (hun = love, dear) Put it right. Test 4 · ★★★ 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 p
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

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Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.» (hun = love, dear) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lucy, hun · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** love

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:1
# text = Lucy: «the King was dead gentle with the Hatter, hun.»
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hun	hun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Lucy |  |  |  |  | with the Hatter and hun; gentle *property* | tree rules |

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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:* (hun = love, dear) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:2
# text = (hun = love, dear) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	hun	hun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
8	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | hun | love |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He threatened again and again to have him executed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:o1:1
# text = He threatened again and again to have him executed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	executed	execute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past | He |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **execute** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was kind to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:o2:1
# text = He was kind to him
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	cop	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  | him *= he* |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He pardoned the Hatter at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:o3:1
# text = He pardoned the Hatter at last
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pardon** | past | He | the Hatter |  | last |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatter=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He promised to have him freed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2:t4:o4:1
# text = He promised to have him freed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	freed	free	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **free** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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