--- title: Why did the Rabbit's crowd go silent when Alice mentioned Dinah? — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Rabbit's crowd go silent when Alice mentioned Dinah? Test 3 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the… Why did the Rabbit's crowd go silent when Alice mentioned Dinah? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crowd, Alice · **What happens:** go, mention · **To what, where:** Dinah This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t3:1 # text = Why did the Rabbit's crowd go silent when Alice mentioned Dinah? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 mentioned mention VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 Dinah Dinah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Rabbit's crowd | | | | | silent *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | Alice | Dinah | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dinah=Topic | 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} They worried a dog would bite them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t3:o1:1 # text = They worried a dog would bite them all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worried worry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **worry** | past | They | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **bite** | would | a dog | them *= they* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They fell asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t3:o2:1 # text = They fell asleep 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | They | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were scared the cat would attack them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t3:o3:1 # text = They were scared the cat would attack them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 attack attack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **attack** | would | the cat | them *= they* | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They were afraid of a cat being set on them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:8-alice-ch4-part2-little-bill:t3:o4:1 # text = They were afraid of a cat being set on them 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | gerund · passive | They *not said here* | | | | | of a cat; on them *= they* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on they=Destination | **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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