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title: Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!" ("… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!" ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.) Was Alice furious when she kicked? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

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Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!" ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.) Was Alice furious when she kicked?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alice, tamping · **What happens:** tamp, kick, be

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» 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/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:1
# text = Megan from the Valleys: "Alice was tamping, kicking that lizard!"
1	Megan	Megan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Valleys	Valley	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	tamping	tamp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tamp** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **kick** *in a quote* | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:2
# text = ("tamping" = furious, in Wales.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
6	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Was Alice furious when she kicked?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:3
# text = Was Alice furious when she kicked?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | tamping *not said here* |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **kick** | past | tamping |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No: she wanted to stop whatever was coming, not to hurt it out of anger

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:o1:1
# text = No: she wanted to stop whatever was coming, not to hurt it out of anger
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come** | past · progressive | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **hurt** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | it |  | anger |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No: she was only trying to get some attention from the lizard in the chimney

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:o2:1
# text = No: she was only trying to get some attention from the lizard in the chimney
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | some attention |  | the lizard |  | in the chimney | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent attention=Theme from lizard=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:o3:1
# text = Not at all
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes: she kicked it out of pure anger and wanted to hurt the lizard badly

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes: she kicked it out of pure anger and wanted to hurt the lizard badly
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lizard	lizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** | past | she | it |  | pure anger |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient out anger=Location |
| 2 | **want** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the lizard |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lizard=Patient |

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