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title: Why does the Mouse's tale show that Fury's trial is unfair? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Mouse's tale show that Fury's trial is unfair? Test 9 · ★★ 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 choice
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

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Why does the Mouse's tale show that Fury's trial is unfair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale, trial, Mouse, Fury · **What happens:** do, show, be, tell, try · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t9:1
# text = Why does the Mouse's tale show that Fury's trial is unfair?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	Fury	Fury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the Mouse's tale *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **show** | present | the Mouse's tale |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Fury's trial |  |  |  |  | unfair *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **tell** |  | the Mouse |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **try** |  | Fury |  |  |  |  |  | nom trial «act transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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Fury will judge the case himself here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t9:o1:1
# text = Fury will judge the case himself here
1	Fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	judge	judge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | future | Fury | the case |  | here |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Fury wants to be judge and jury himself, and so the Mouse can never get a fair hearing

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t9:o2:1
# text = Fury wants to be judge and jury himself, and so the Mouse can never get a fair hearing
1	Fury	Fury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Fury |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | judge and jury  Fury |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **get** | can | the Mouse | a fair hearing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hearing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fury wants to be judge and jury himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t9:o3:1
# text = Fury wants to be judge and jury himself
1	Fury	Fury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Fury | Fury |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | judge and jury |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The trial has no proper judge at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale:t9:o4:1
# text = The trial has no proper judge at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the trial | no proper judge |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judge=Patient |

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