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title: Alice says «It proves nothing of the sort!» What gives her the coura… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Alice says «It proves nothing of the sort!» What gives her the courage now? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

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Alice says «It proves nothing of the sort!» What gives her the courage now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, It · **What happens:** say, prove, give · **To what, where:** nothing, courage, Alice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» 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/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Alice says «It proves nothing of the sort!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:1
# text = Alice says «It proves nothing of the sort!»
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | present | It | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What gives her the courage now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:2
# text = What gives her the courage now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present |  | the courage | Alice |  | now |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient courage=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She has been growing and is now so big she is not afraid of anyone, and sees the reasoning is nonsense

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:o1:1
# text = She has been growing and is now so big she is not afraid of anyone, and sees the reasoning is nonsense
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	csubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · perfect · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  | now | big *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | of anyone; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** | present | She *not said here* | the reasoning |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reasoning=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is a** | present | growing | nonsense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She has been growing, and she sees the reasoning is nonsense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:o2:1
# text = She has been growing, and she sees the reasoning is nonsense
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · perfect · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | she | the reasoning |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reasoning=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present | growing | nonsense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She has been growing, so she is no longer afraid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:o3:1
# text = She has been growing, so she is no longer afraid
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	no	no	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · perfect · progressive | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | afraid, long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She has been growing for a while, and she sees at last that the whole reasoning is complete nonsense

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:23-alice-alices-evidence-1:t13:o4:1
# text = She has been growing for a while, and she sees at last that the whole reasoning is complete nonsense
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	csubj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	acl	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · perfect · progressive | She |  |  |  | while |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | she |  |  |  |  | last *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | growing | complete nonsense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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