Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat, sentence 18

The Cat asks if Alice plays croquet with the Queen today; she has not been invited yet, and the Cat says "You'll see me there", and vanishes (that is the first time); it appears again to ask "what became of the baby?", and when Alice says "It turned into a pig" it says "I thought it would" and vanishes again (the second time); Alice is not much surprised, "she was getting so used to queer things happening".

Who acts: Cat, Alice, You, that, it, croquet · What happens: ask, play, not invite, say, see, vanish · To what, where: croquet, Alice, Cat, first time, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cat, Alice, You, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 plays	mark
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 plays	nsubj
6	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	advcl
7	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 Queen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obl
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plays	obl:unmarked
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 invited	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 invited	nsubj:pass
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 invited	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 invited	advmod
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 invited	aux:pass
17	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 plays	conj
18	yet	yet	ADV	_	17 invited	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 says	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 says	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Cat	det
22	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 says	nsubj
23	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	conj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
25	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 see	nsubj
26	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 see	aux
27	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 says	ccomp
28	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 see	obj
29	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	27 see	advmod
30	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 see	punct
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 vanishes	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 vanishes	cc
33	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	conj
34	(	(	PUNCT	_	39 time	punct
35	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 time	nsubj
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 time	cop
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 time	det
38	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	39 time	amod
39	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 vanishes	parataxis
40	)	)	PUNCT	_	39 time	punct
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 appears	punct
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 appears	nsubj
43	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	parataxis
44	again	again	ADV	_	43 appears	advmod
45	to	to	PART	_	46 ask	mark
46	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 appears	xcomp
47	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 became	punct
48	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	49 became	nsubj
49	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 ask	ccomp
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 baby	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 baby	det
52	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 became	obl
53	?	?	PUNCT	_	43 appears	punct
54	"	"	PUNCT	_	43 appears	punct
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 says	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 says	cc
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	59 says	advmod
58	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 says	nsubj
59	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	parataxis
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 turned	punct
61	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 turned	nsubj
62	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 says	ccomp
63	into	into	ADP	_	65 pig	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 pig	det
65	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 turned	obl
66	"	"	PUNCT	_	62 turned	punct
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 says	nsubj
68	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	59 says	conj
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 thought	punct
70	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 thought	nsubj
71	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	68 says	parataxis
72	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 would	nsubj
73	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 thought	ccomp
74	"	"	PUNCT	_	71 thought	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 vanishes	cc
76	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	71 thought	parataxis
77	again	again	ADV	_	76 vanishes	advmod
78	(	(	PUNCT	_	81 time	punct
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 time	det
80	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	81 time	amod
81	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 vanishes	parataxis
82	)	)	PUNCT	_	81 time	punct
83	;	;	PUNCT	_	88 surprised	punct
84	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 surprised	nsubj
85	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	88 surprised	cop
86	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	88 surprised	advmod
87	much	much	ADV	_	88 surprised	advmod
88	surprised	surprised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 asks	conj
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
90	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
91	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	93 getting	nsubj
92	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	93 getting	aux
93	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asks	conj
94	so	so	ADV	_	95 used	advmod
95	used	used	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 getting	xcomp
96	to	to	PART	_	97 queer	mark
97	queer	queer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	95 used	advcl
98	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	97 queer	obj
99	happening	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	98 things	acl
100	"	"	PUNCT	_	99 happening	punct
101	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the Cat					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	play a condition, not said to happen	present	Alice	croquet		today	with the Queen	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with queen=Co-Agent
3	not invite	present · perfect · passive		Alice		yet		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
4	say speech: assert	present	the Cat					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	see in a quote	future	You	the Cat = cat	there			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
6	vanish	present	the Cat not said here					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	is a	present	that	the first time				tree rules
8	appear	present	it			again		vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
9	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	become in a quote	past					of the baby	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
11	say speech: assert	present	Alice					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
12	turn in a quote	past	croquet				into a pig result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pig=Result
13	say speech: assert	present	croquet					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
14	think speech: other in a quote	past	croquet					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
15	vanish	present				again		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
16	not is	present	Alice				surprised property	tree rules
17	get in a quote	past · progressive	Alice				used property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
18	queer in a quote	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	things				tree rules
19	happen in a quote	gerund	things not said here					vn occur-48.3-1 «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.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, mova-school-agreed-en.conllu) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence school:books:012-alice-ch6-part2-the-cheshire-cat.lesson:18.

The tree: Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2. The frames are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (prag) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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