Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red), sentence 29

The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of execution»; Alice asks «What for?», and when the Rabbit asks «Did you say 'What a pity!'?», she says she doesn't think it's at all a pity; the reason is «She boxed the Queen's ears» (boxed someone's ears = hit them on the side of the head), and Alice gives a little scream of laughter, so the Rabbit whispers «Oh, hush!

Who acts: White Rabbit, Alice, Rabbit, you, pity, reason · What happens: whisper, ask, say, not think, be, box · To what, where: pity, ears, little scream, execution · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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 (White Rabbit, Alice, Rabbit, you), 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	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 whispers	nsubj
4	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sentence	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Duchess	det
7	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 «	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 «	cop
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sentence	punct
10	under	under	ADP	_	11 sentence	case
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 whispers	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 execution	case
13	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sentence	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sentence	punct
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
16	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 asks	nsubj
17	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 whispers	conj
18	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 asks	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	19 What	case
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 What	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 asks	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 asks	cc
25	when	when	SCONJ	_	28 asks	mark
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Rabbit	det
27	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 asks	nsubj
28	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 asks	conj
29	«	«	PUNCT	_	32 say	punct
30	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 say	aux
31	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 say	nsubj
32	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 asks	ccomp
33	'	'	PUNCT	_	36 pity	punct
34	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	36 pity	det:predet
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 pity	det
36	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 say	obj
37	!	!	PUNCT	_	36 pity	punct
38	'	'	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
39	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
40	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 asks	punct
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 says	punct
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 says	nsubj
43	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 whispers	conj
44	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 think	nsubj
45	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 think	aux
46	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	47 think	advmod
47	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 says	ccomp
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 pity	nsubj
49	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 pity	cop
50	at	at	ADP	_	53 pity	case
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 pity	det:predet
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 pity	det
53	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 think	ccomp
54	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 boxed	punct
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 reason	det
56	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 boxed	nsubj
57	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 boxed	cop
58	«	«	PUNCT	_	60 boxed	punct
59	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 boxed	nsubj
60	boxed	box	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 think	parataxis
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 Queen	det
62	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 ears	nmod:poss
63	's	's	PART	_	62 Queen	case
64	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 boxed	obj
65	»	»	PUNCT	_	60 boxed	punct
66	(	(	PUNCT	_	70 ears	punct
67	boxed	box	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	60 boxed	parataxis
68	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	70 ears	nmod:poss
69	's	's	PART	_	68 someone	case
70	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 boxed	obj
71	=	=	PUNCT	_	72 hit	punct
72	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 boxed	conj
73	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 hit	obj
74	on	on	ADP	_	76 side	case
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 side	det
76	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 hit	obl
77	of	of	ADP	_	79 head	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 head	det
79	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 side	nmod
80	)	)	PUNCT	_	60 boxed	punct
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 gives	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 gives	cc
83	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	84 gives	nsubj
84	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 boxed	conj
85	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 scream	det
86	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 scream	amod
87	scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 gives	obj
88	of	of	ADP	_	89 laughter	case
89	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 scream	nmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 whispers	punct
91	so	so	ADV	_	94 whispers	advmod
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	93 Rabbit	det
93	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 whispers	nsubj
94	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 boxed	parataxis
95	«	«	PUNCT	_	94 whispers	punct
96	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	98 hush	discourse
97	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 hush	punct
98	hush	hush	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 whispers	parataxis
99	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 whispers	punct

Pragmatics

No stored speech act for this sentence.

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	the White Rabbit				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask	present	Alice				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask	present	the Rabbit				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past · do-support	you	what pity			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pity=Topic
5	say speech: assert	present	Alice				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not think speech: other	present · do-support	Alice				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	is	present	pity		all pity		tree rules
8	is in a quote	present	the reason			box property	tree rules
9	box	participle		someone's ears			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent
10	hit	infinitive	the reason not said here	ears = ear		on the side of the head	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Instrument on side=Patient
11	give	present	Alice	a little scream of laughter			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Theme
12	whisper speech: assert	present	the Rabbit				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
13	sentence in a quote			execution			nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient
14	scream		laughter				nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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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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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×6, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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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