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title: What would have happened if the soldiers had obeyed «Off with her he… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the soldiers had obeyed «Off with her head!»? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 t
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence…

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What would have happened if the soldiers had obeyed «Off with her head!»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** soldiers · **What happens:** happen, obey

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t6:1
# text = What would have happened if the soldiers had obeyed «Off with her head!»?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Off	off	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **obey** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the soldiers |  |  |  |  | with her head; off *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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The dream would have turned into a nightmare — but nobody moved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t6:o1:1
# text = The dream would have turned into a nightmare — but nobody moved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would · perfect · passive |  | the dream |  | a nightmare |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with the soldiers chasing Alice all round the garden, but nobody moved at all

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t6:o2:1
# text = The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with the soldiers chasing Alice all round the garden, but nobody moved at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
14	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	round	round	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	23	nsubj	_	_
23	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would · perfect · passive |  | the dream |  | a terrible nightmare |  | with the soldiers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory |
| 2 | **chase** | gerund | the soldiers *not said here* | Alice |  | the garden |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent alice=Theme round garden=Trajectory |
| 3 | **move** | past | nobody |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dream would have ended badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t6:o3:1
# text = The dream would have ended badly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | would · perfect · passive |  | the dream |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with Alice's head rolling on the grass, but nobody moved at all

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:24-alice-alices-evidence-2:t6:o4:1
# text = The dream would have turned into a terrible nightmare, with Alice's head rolling on the grass, but nobody moved at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
15	rolling	roll	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	22	nsubj	_	_
22	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would · perfect · passive |  | the dream |  | a terrible nightmare |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into nightmare=Trajectory |
| 2 | **roll** | gerund | Alice's head *not said here* |  |  | the grass |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory |
| 3 | **move** | past | nobody |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

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