Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 56
All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, “Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!” on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off.
Who acts: Queen, Dormouse, wretched Hatter, Hatter · What happens: not leave off, stare, cross, say, bring, tremble · To what, where: court, one, list, Dormouse, shoes, singers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, Dormouse, wretched Hatter, Hatter), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 time | det:predet |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 left | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | aux |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 left | advmod |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 left | compound:prt |
| 10 | staring | stare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 left | advcl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 Hatter | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Hatter | det |
| 13 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 staring | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 crossed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 crossed | cc |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 crossed | punct |
| 17 | just | just | ADV | _ | 21 crossed | advmod |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 crossed | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Dormouse | det |
| 20 | Dormouse | Dormouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 crossed | nsubj |
| 21 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | parataxis |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 court | det |
| 23 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 crossed | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 said | punct |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 crossed | parataxis |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 one | case |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 said | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 officers | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 officers | det |
| 31 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 one | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 court | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 court | det |
| 34 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 officers | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Bring | punct |
| 36 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 Bring | punct |
| 37 | Bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 said | ccomp |
| 38 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 Bring | obj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 list | det |
| 40 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 Bring | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 singers | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 singers | det |
| 43 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 list | nmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 concert | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 concert | det |
| 46 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 concert | amod |
| 47 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 singers | nmod |
| 48 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 37 Bring | punct |
| 49 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 Bring | punct |
| 50 | on | on | ADP | _ | 51 which | case |
| 51 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 trembled | obl |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Hatter | det |
| 53 | wretched | wretched | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 Hatter | amod |
| 54 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 trembled | nsubj |
| 55 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 said | parataxis |
| 56 | so | so | ADV | _ | 55 trembled | advmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 shook | punct |
| 58 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 60 shook | mark |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 shook | nsubj |
| 60 | shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 trembled | conj |
| 61 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 63 shoes | det:predet |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 63 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 shook | obj |
| 64 | off | off | ADP | _ | 60 shook | compound:prt |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not leave off | past · perfect | the Queen | time | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stare | gerund | the Queen not said here | at the Hatter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hatter=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cross | past | the Dormouse | the court | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: express | past | Dormouse | one of the officers of the court | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | bring in a quote | infinitive | the list of the singers in the last concert | Dormouse | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination list=Theme | ||||
| 6 | tremble | past | the wretched Hatter | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location | |||||
| 7 | shake off | past | Hatter | Hatter's shoes | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | ||||
| 8 | list in a quote | the singers in the last concert | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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.
Text: «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Project Gutenberg book 11 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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