Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 75
(The unfortunate little Bill had left off writing on his slate with one finger, as he found it made no mark; but he now hastily began again, using the ink, that was trickling down his face, as long as it lasted.)
Who acts: unfortunate little Bill, Bill, finger, that · What happens: leave off, write, find, make, begin, use · To what, where: slate, mark, ink, face · 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 (unfortunate little Bill, Bill, finger, that), 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 | _ | 7 left | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Bill | det |
| 3 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bill | amod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Bill | amod |
| 5 | Bill | Bill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 left | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | aux |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 left | compound:prt |
| 9 | writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 left | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 slate | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 slate | nmod:poss |
| 12 | slate | slate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 writing | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 finger | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 finger | nummod |
| 15 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 writing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 found | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 found | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 found | nsubj |
| 19 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 left | parataxis |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 made | nsubj |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 found | ccomp |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 mark | det |
| 23 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | obj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 began | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 began | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 began | nsubj |
| 27 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 began | advmod |
| 28 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 29 began | advmod |
| 29 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 found | conj |
| 30 | again | again | ADV | _ | 29 began | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 using | punct |
| 32 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 began | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 ink | det |
| 34 | ink | ink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 using | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 trickling | punct |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 trickling | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 trickling | aux |
| 38 | trickling | trickle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 using | conj |
| 39 | down | down | ADP | _ | 38 trickling | compound:prt |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 face | nmod:poss |
| 41 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 trickling | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 long | punct |
| 43 | as | as | ADV | _ | 44 long | advmod |
| 44 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 38 trickling | advmod |
| 45 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 47 lasted | mark |
| 46 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 lasted | nsubj |
| 47 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 long | advcl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
| 49 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave off | past · perfect | the unfortunate little Bill | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | write | gerund | the unfortunate little Bill not said here | Bill's slate | with one finger | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on slate=Destination | |||
| 3 | find | past | Bill | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | make | past | finger | no mark | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mark=Product | ||||
| 5 | begin | past | Bill | now; again | hastily property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | use | gerund | Bill not said here | the ink | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ink=Patient | ||||
| 7 | trickle down | past · progressive | that | Bill's face | long property | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location face=Source | |||
| 8 | last | past | finger | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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.
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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