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title: What would have happened if the door had opened outwards? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the door had opened outwards? Test 3 · ★★ 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 was w
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

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What would have happened if the door had opened outwards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, open · **To what, where:** door

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t3:1
# text = What would have happened if the door had opened outwards?
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	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	outwards	outwards	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **open** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive |  | the door |  |  |  | outwards *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The Rabbit would have pushed it open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t3:o1:1
# text = The Rabbit would have pushed it open
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	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	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | would · perfect · passive |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  | open *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and then he would have seen Alice trapped in the room

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t3:o2:1
# text = The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and then he would have seen Alice trapped in the room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux	_	_
16	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
17	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | could · perfect · passive |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |
| 2 | **come in** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | would · perfect | Rabbit | Alice |  |  | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alice=Stimulus |
| 4 | **trap** | participle | Rabbit *not said here* |  |  | the room |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and perhaps the Duchess would have seen the trouble

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t3:o3:1
# text = The Rabbit could have opened it and come in, and perhaps the Duchess would have seen the trouble
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux	_	_
17	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | could · perfect · passive |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |
| 2 | **come in** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | would · perfect | the Duchess | the trouble |  |  |  | perhaps *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Rabbit could have opened it and come in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t3:o4:1
# text = The Rabbit could have opened it and come in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | could · perfect · passive |  | the Rabbit |  |  |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=Destination |
| 2 | **come in** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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