--- title: Why does Alice think there must be a lot of cucumber-frames? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does Alice think there must be a lot of cucumber-frames? Test 9 · ★★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit… Why does Alice think there must be a lot of cucumber-frames? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, lot · **What happens:** think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t9:1 # text = Why does Alice think there must be a lot of cucumber-frames? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 cucumber cucumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 frames frame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** | must | a lot of cucumber frames | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Glass fell after the shrieks each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t9:o1:1 # text = Glass fell after the shrieks each time 1 Glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 shrieks shriek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | Glass | | | | after the shrieks; time | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She hears birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t9:o2:1 # text = She hears birds 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | She | birds | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She hears broken glass after both snatches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t9:o3:1 # text = She hears broken glass after both snatches 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 snatches snatch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | She | broken glass | | | after both snatches | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} She sees cucumbers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house:t9:o4:1 # text = She sees cucumbers 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cucumbers cucumber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | She | cucumbers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cucumber=Stimulus | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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