--- title: Why does the sister «half believe herself in Wonderland»? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does the sister «half believe herself in Wonderland»? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/24-alice-alices-evidence-2/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/24-alice-alices-evidence-2/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence… Why does the sister «half believe herself in Wonderland»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, believe · **To what, where:** sister · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» 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/24-alice-alices-evidence-2/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t10:1 # text = Why does the sister «half believe herself in Wonderland»? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 7 compound _ _ 7 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Wonderland Wonderland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the sister | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Eventuality | | 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She closes her eyes, thinking of Alice's story, and dreams it too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t10:o1:1 # text = She closes her eyes, thinking of Alice's story, and dreams it too 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 closes close VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 dreams dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present | She | her eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | of Alice's story | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dream** | present | | story | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} She is dreaming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t10:o2:1 # text = She is dreaming 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | present · progressive | She | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She reads Alice's book again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t10:o3:1 # text = She reads Alice's book again 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | She | Alice's book | | | again | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} She sleeps in the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t10:o4:1 # text = She sleeps in the sun 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | She | | | the sun | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sun=Location | **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. 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