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title: What would have happened if Alice had not had the box of comfits? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Alice had not had the box of comfits? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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What would have happened if Alice had not had the box of comfits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Alice · **What happens:** happen, not have · **To what, where:** box

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t4:1
# text = What would have happened if Alice had not had the box of comfits?
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	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	comfits	comfit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 | **not** **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Alice | the box of comfits |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient |

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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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There would have been no prizes for anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t4:o1:1
# text = There would have been no prizes for anyone
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | would · perfect | no prizes |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Alice would have had no prize at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t4:o2:1
# text = Alice would have had no prize at all
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would · perfect | Alice | no prize |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There would have been no prizes for anyone, and the Dodo would have been very angry indeed with Alice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t4:o3:1
# text = There would have been no prizes for anyone, and the Dodo would have been very angry indeed with Alice
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
15	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
18	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · participle · perfect | the Dodo |  |  |  |  | with Alice; angry, indeed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The party would have been a dull affair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t4:o4:1
# text = The party would have been a dull affair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	affair	affair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | would · perfect | the party |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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