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title: Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall i… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it." What is she pointing out? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

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Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it." What is she pointing out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sophie · **What happens:** do, cry, fall, point out · **To what, where:** Alice, whole lake, lake

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» 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/4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:1
# text = Sophie, sarky: "Oh well done Alice, cry a whole lake and then fall in it."
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sarky	sarky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | participle |  | Alice |  |  |  | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a whole lake |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lake=Topic |
| 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  | lake | then |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

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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 is she pointing out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:2
# text = What is she pointing out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point out** | present · progressive | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Alice falls into the sea again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:o1:1
# text = Alice falls into the sea again
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | Alice |  |  |  | again | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Alice has been careless and now sinks into the deep salt sea beside the shore

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:o2:1
# text = Alice has been careless and now sinks into the deep salt sea beside the shore
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	cop	_	_
4	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · perfect | Alice |  |  |  |  | careless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sink** | present | Alice *not said here* |  |  | the deep salt sea | now | beside the shore | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Alice nearly drowns in her own tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:o3:1
# text = Alice nearly drowns in her own tears
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	drowns	drown	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | present | Alice |  |  | Alice's own tears |  | nearly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Alice nearly drowns in the sea water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:4-alice-ch2-part2-the-pool-of-tears:t7:o4:1
# text = Alice nearly drowns in the sea water
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	drowns	drown	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | present | Alice |  |  | the sea water |  | nearly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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