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title: Jess, rough: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" Who says this? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jess, rough: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" Who says this? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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 wa
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

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Jess, rough: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" Who says this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** do, tell, coward, say · **To what, where:** you, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jess, rough: "Do as I tell you, you coward!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:1
# text = Jess, rough: "Do as I tell you, you coward!"
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	coward	coward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 3 | **coward** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who says this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:2
# text = Who says this?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | this |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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The Rabbit, to Pat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:o1:1
# text = The Rabbit, to Pat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Pat	Pat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Duchess, to Alice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:o2:1
# text = The Duchess, to Alice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Duchess, to Pat, in the garden by the cucumber frames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:o3:1
# text = The Duchess, to Pat, in the garden by the cucumber frames
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Pat	Pat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cucumber	cucumber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	frames	frame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Rabbit, to Pat, when Pat was digging for apples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t10:o4:1
# text = The Rabbit, to Pat, when Pat was digging for apples
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Pat	Pat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Pat	Pat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past · progressive | Pat |  |  |  |  | for apples | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for apple=Theme |

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