--- title: ★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time and a long way back". If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges? 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If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, ★ · **What happens:** run, time, be · **To what, where:** 1 step, ★ This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time and a long way back". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:1 # text = ★★★ In the puppy's game it ran "a very little way forwards each time and a long way back". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 In in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 16 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | ★ ★ ★ in the puppy's game | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:2 # text = If it ran 1 step forward and 3 steps back each time, where was it after 4 charges? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 11 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | ★ | 1 step | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location step=Theme | | 2 | **time** | | ★ | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | | ★ | | | after 4 charges | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 4 steps forward from the start ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:o1:1 # text = 4 steps forward from the start 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 forward forward ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} 8 steps behind where it started ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:o2:1 # text = 8 steps behind where it started 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | it | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} 4 steps behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:o3:1 # text = 4 steps behind 1 4 4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 behind behind ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 8 steps behind where it started, having walked back and forth through the whole field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t16:o4:1 # text = 8 steps behind where it started, having walked back and forth through the whole field 1 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 conj _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past | it | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **walk back** | gerund · perfect · passive | | 8 steps | | the whole field | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme through field=Trajectory | **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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