Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 69

“All right, so far,” said the King, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: “‘_We know it to be true_—’ that’s the jury, of course—‘_I gave her one, they gave him two_—’ why, that must be what he did with the tarts, you know—”

Who acts: King, We, that, verses, you · What happens: say, go, mutter, know, be, give · To what, where: King, verses, cardboard, jury, one, piece · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, We, that, verses), 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	_	9 said	punct
2	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 said	ccomp
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 All	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 far	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 far	advmod
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 All	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 far	punct
8	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 All	punct
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 King	det
11	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 went	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 went	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 went	nsubj
15	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
16	on	on	SCONJ	_	17 muttering	mark
17	muttering	mutter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 went	advcl
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 verses	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 verses	det
20	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 muttering	obl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 himself	case
22	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 muttering	obl
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	28 know	punct
24	“	"	PUNCT	_	28 know	punct
25	‘	'	PUNCT	_	28 know	punct
26	_	_	PUNCT	_	28 know	punct
27	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	28 know	nsubj
28	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 know	obj
30	to	to	PART	_	32 true	mark
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 true	cop
32	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 know	advcl
33	_	_	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
34	—	-	PUNCT	_	35 ’	punct
35	’	'	SYM	_	39 jury	punct
36	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 jury	nsubj
37	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 jury	cop
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 jury	det
39	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	parataxis
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 course	punct
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 course	case
42	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 jury	conj
43	—	-	PUNCT	_	47 gave	punct
44	‘	'	PUNCT	_	47 gave	punct
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	47 gave	punct
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	47 gave	nsubj
47	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 jury	parataxis
48	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 gave	iobj
49	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 gave	obj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 gave	punct
51	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 gave	nsubj
52	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 gave	conj
53	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 gave	iobj
54	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	52 gave	obj
55	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 gave	punct
56	—	-	PUNCT	_	57 ’	punct
57	’	'	SYM	_	52 gave	obl
58	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	57 ’	advmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 that	punct
60	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	39 jury	nmod
61	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	71 know	aux
62	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	71 know	cop
63	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	65 did	obj
64	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 did	nsubj
65	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 know	parataxis
66	with	with	ADP	_	68 tarts	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 tarts	det
68	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 did	obl
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 know	punct
70	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	71 know	nsubj
71	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 that	parataxis
72	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
73	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the King					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	King					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mutter speech: assert	gerund	King not said here		King	the verses		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
4	know in a quote	present	We	cardboard				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
5	is in a quote	to-infinitive	We not said here				true property	tree rules
6	is a in a quote	present	that	the jury and course			that nmod	tree rules
7	give in a quote	past	the King = king	one	piece			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient one=Theme
8	give in a quote	past	verses = verse	two	King			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient two=Theme
9	do in a quote	past	King				with the tarts	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
10	is in a quote	must	you				know property	tree rules

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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