--- title: ★★★ The voices said "I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The voices said "I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other". How many ladders were there? Test 17 · ★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/t17/) [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/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the… ★★★ The voices said "I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other". How many ladders were there? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Bill, many ladders · **What happens:** say, have, not bring, get, be · **To what, where:** other · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The voices said "I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other". ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:1 # text = ★★★ The voices said "I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other". 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 Bill Bill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ★ ★ the voices | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ the voices *= ★* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **bring** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | ★ ★ the voices *= ★* *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Bill | the other | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | 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:* How many ladders were there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:2 # text = How many ladders were there? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ladders ladder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | many ladders | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:o1:1 # text = No 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:o2:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:o3:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Three ladders in total ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t17:o4:1 # text = Three ladders in total 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 ladders ladder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part…, test 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/t16/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/e1/) - ↑ back to [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill/)