Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 95

The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.

Who acts: long grass, White Rabbit, Alice, friends, shrill voice, pig baby · What happens: rustle, hurry, splash, hear, share, not end · To what, where: feet, White Rabbit, way, neighbouring pool, rattle, meal

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 (long grass, White Rabbit, Alice, friends), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grass	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grass	amod
3	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rustled	nsubj
4	rustled	rustle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rustled	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	11 Rabbit	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rabbit	det
10	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Rabbit	amod
11	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 splashed	nsubj
12	hurried	hurry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 Rabbit	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	17 Mouse	case
14	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 by	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Mouse	det
16	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Mouse	amod
17	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hurried	obl
18	splashed	splash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rustled	parataxis
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 way	nmod:poss
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 splashed	obj
21	through	through	ADP	_	24 pool	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 pool	det
23	neighbouring	neighbouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 pool	compound
24	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 splashed	obl
25	—	-	PUNCT	_	28 hear	punct
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 hear	nsubj
27	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 hear	aux
28	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rustled	parataxis
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 rattle	det
30	rattle	rattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 hear	obj
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 teacups	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 teacups	det
33	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 rattle	nmod
34	as	as	ADP	_	37 Hare	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 Hare	det
36	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Hare	compound
37	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 hear	obl
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 shared	cc
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 friends	nmod:poss
40	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 shared	nsubj
41	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 hear	conj
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 ending	nsubj:outer
43	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	45 ending	advmod
44	-	-	PUNCT	_	43 never	punct
45	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	41 shared	ccomp
46	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 ending	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 voice	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 voice	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 voice	det
50	shrill	shrill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 voice	amod
51	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rustled	parataxis
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 Queen	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Queen	det
54	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 voice	nmod
55	ordering	order	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	51 voice	acl
56	off	off	ADP	_	59 guests	case
57	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 guests	nmod:poss
58	unfortunate	unfortunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 guests	amod
59	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 ordering	obl
60	to	to	ADP	_	61 execution	case
61	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 guests	nmod
62	—	-	PUNCT	_	70 sneezing	punct
63	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	64 more	advmod
64	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	70 sneezing	advmod
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 baby	det
66	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 baby	compound
67	-	-	PUNCT	_	66 pig	punct
68	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 sneezing	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 sneezing	aux
70	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 voice	acl
71	on	on	ADP	_	75 knee	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 Duchess	det
73	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	75 knee	nmod:poss
74	’s	's	PART	_	73 Duchess	case
75	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 sneezing	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 crashed	punct
77	while	while	SCONJ	_	81 crashed	mark
78	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 crashed	nsubj
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 dishes	cc
80	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 plates	conj
81	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 sneezing	conj
82	around	around	ADP	_	83 it	case
83	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	81 crashed	obl
84	—	-	PUNCT	_	88 shriek	punct
85	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	86 more	advmod
86	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	88 shriek	advmod
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 shriek	det
88	shriek	shriek	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 sneezing	obl
89	of	of	ADP	_	91 Gryphon	case
90	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	91 Gryphon	det
91	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	88 shriek	nmod
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	94 squeaking	punct
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 squeaking	det
94	squeaking	squeaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 Gryphon	appos
95	of	of	ADP	_	101 pencil	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 Lizard	det
97	Lizard	Lizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	101 pencil	nmod:poss
98	’s	's	PART	_	97 Lizard	case
99	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 pencil	compound
100	-	-	PUNCT	_	99 slate	punct
101	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 squeaking	nmod
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	105 choking	punct
103	and	and	CCONJ	_	105 choking	cc
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 choking	det
105	choking	choking	NOUN	Number=Sing	88 shriek	conj
106	of	of	ADP	_	111 pigs	case
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 pigs	det
108	suppressed	suppress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	111 pigs	amod
109	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 pigs	compound
110	-	-	PUNCT	_	109 guinea	punct
111	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	105 choking	nmod
112	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 filled	punct
113	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 choking	conj
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 air	det
115	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	113 filled	obj
116	,	,	PUNCT	_	117 mixed	punct
117	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	105 choking	conj
118	up	up	ADP	_	117 mixed	compound:prt
119	with	with	ADP	_	122 sobs	case
120	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	122 sobs	det
121	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	122 sobs	amod
122	sobs	sob	NOUN	Number=Plur	117 mixed	obl
123	of	of	ADP	_	127 Turtle	case
124	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	127 Turtle	det
125	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	127 Turtle	amod
126	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	127 Turtle	compound
127	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	122 sobs	nmod
128	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rustled	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rustle	past	the long grass		Alice's feet		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=Location
2	hurry	participle		the White Rabbit not said here		by the frightened Mouse	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mouse=Trajectory
3	splash	past	the White Rabbit	Rabbit's way	the neighbouring pool		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme through pool=Destination
4	hear	could	Alice	the rattle of the teacups		as the March Hare	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rattle=Stimulus
5	share	past	Rabbit's friends				tree rules
6	not end	gerund	friends = friend	meal			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality meal=Eventuality
7	order	gerund	the shrill voice of the Queen not said here			off Alice's unfortunate guests to execution	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
8	sneeze	past · progressive	the pig baby	the shriek of the Gryphon and the choking of the suppressed guinea pigs	the Duchess's knee		tree rules
9	crash	past	plates and dishes		knee		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Location
10	suppress	participle					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	fill	past	the pig baby not said here	the air			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent air=Patient
12	mix up	participle	the pig baby not said here			with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with sob=Co-Patient
13	rattle		the teacups				nom rattle «event intransitive»: of=agent
14	shriek			the Gryphon			nom shriek «communication transitive»: of=patient
15	choke			the suppressed guinea pigs			nom choking «state transitive»: of=patient
16	sob		the miserable Mock Turtle				nom sob «state 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.

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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