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title: Looking back: when did Alice first think «they're only a pack of car… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: when did Alice first think «they're only a pack of cards, after all»? Test 15 · ★★★ 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 prag
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# Test 15 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

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Looking back: when did Alice first think «they're only a pack of cards, after all»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** look back, think, be · **To what, where:** all, pack · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t15:1
# text = Looking back: when did Alice first think «they're only a pack of cards, after all»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support |  | all |  |  |  | first *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | they | a pack |  |  |  | of cards | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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When the procession reached her in the Queen's garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t15:o1:1
# text = When the procession reached her in the Queen's garden
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | the procession | her *= she* |  | the Queen's garden |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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At the tea party with the Hatter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t15:o2:1
# text = At the tea party with the Hatter
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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When the Knave was tried

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t15:o3:1
# text = When the Knave was tried
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Knave	Knave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tried	try	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · passive |  | the Knave |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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When the procession of cards reached her in the Queen's garden, bowing and marching in its neat rows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t15:o4:1
# text = When the procession of cards reached her in the Queen's garden, bowing and marching in its neat rows
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bowing	bow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | the procession of cards | her *= she* |  | the Queen's garden |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **bow** | gerund | the procession of cards *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **march** | gerund | the procession of cards *not said here* |  |  | procession's neat rows |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in row=Trajectory |
| 4 | **proceed** |  | cards |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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