Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 58
“I’m a poor man, your Majesty,” the Hatter began, in a trembling voice, “—and I hadn’t begun my tea—not above a week or so—and what with the bread-and-butter getting so thin—and the twinkling of the tea—”
Who acts: Dormouse, Hatter, butter · What happens: be, begin, not begin, get · To what, where: poor man, trembling voice, tea · 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 (Dormouse, Hatter, butter), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ’m | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 ’m | nsubj |
| 3 | ’m | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 began | ccomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ’m | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Majesty | punct |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 9 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 man | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ’m | punct |
| 11 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ’m | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Hatter | det |
| 13 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 began | nsubj |
| 14 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 voice | punct |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 voice | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 voice | det |
| 18 | trembling | trembling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 voice | compound |
| 19 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 began | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 begun | punct |
| 21 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 begun | punct |
| 22 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 begun | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 begun | cc |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 begun | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 begun | aux |
| 26 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 begun | advmod |
| 27 | begun | begin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 began | parataxis |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 tea | nmod:poss |
| 29 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 begun | obj |
| 30 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 week | punct |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 week | advmod |
| 32 | above | above | ADP | _ | 34 week | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 week | det |
| 34 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 begun | obl:unmarked |
| 35 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 36 so | cc |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 week | conj |
| 37 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 what | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 what | cc |
| 39 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 began | parataxis |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 butter | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 butter | det |
| 42 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 butter | nsubj |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 46 butter | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 butter | cc |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 and | punct |
| 46 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 what | obl |
| 47 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 butter | acl |
| 48 | so | so | ADV | _ | 49 thin | advmod |
| 49 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 getting | xcomp |
| 50 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 twinkling | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 twinkling | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 twinkling | det |
| 53 | twinkling | twinkling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 what | appos |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 tea | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 tea | det |
| 56 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 twinkling | nmod |
| 57 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 twinkling | punct |
| 58 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 what | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | Dormouse | a poor man | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | ||||
| 2 | begin | past | the Hatter | a trembling voice | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | not begin in a quote | past · perfect | Dormouse | my tea | week | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | get in a quote | gerund | the butter not said here | thin property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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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