Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 20

Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a _very_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?”

Who acts: you, me, that, I, Alice, this · What happens: let, see, be, think, learn, not be · To what, where: me, several things, _, knowledge, one, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, me, that, I), 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	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 down	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 down	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 down	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 down	cop
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 thousand	compound
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 miles	nummod
10	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 down	obl:unmarked
11	down	down	ADV	_	1 Let	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 think	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 think	nsubj
14	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 down	advcl
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
16	”	"	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 learnt	punct
18	for	for	SCONJ	_	21 see	mark
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 see	punct
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 see	nsubj
21	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 learnt	advcl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 see	punct
23	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 learnt	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 learnt	aux
25	learnt	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Let	parataxis
26	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 things	amod
27	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 learnt	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 sort	case
29	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	30 sort	det
30	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 things	nmod
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 lessons	case
32	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 lessons	nmod:poss
33	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 sort	nmod
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 schoolroom	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 schoolroom	det
36	schoolroom	schoolroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 lessons	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 opportunity	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 opportunity	cc
39	though	though	SCONJ	_	44 _	mark
40	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	44 _	nsubj
41	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 _	cop
42	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	44 _	advmod
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 _	det
44	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 opportunity	advcl
45	very	very	ADV	_	46 _	advmod
46	_	_	PUNCT	_	44 _	punct
47	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 opportunity	amod
48	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
49	for	for	SCONJ	_	50 showing	mark
50	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	59 one	csubj
51	off	off	ADP	_	50 showing	compound:prt
52	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 knowledge	nmod:poss
53	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 showing	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 was	punct
55	as	as	SCONJ	_	57 was	mark
56	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	57 was	expl
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 one	cop
58	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	59 one	det
59	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 opportunity	appos
60	to	to	PART	_	61 listen	mark
61	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 one	acl
62	to	to	ADP	_	63 her	case
63	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 listen	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 practice	punct
65	still	still	ADV	_	69 practice	advmod
66	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 practice	nsubj
67	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 practice	cop
68	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 practice	amod
69	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 one	appos
70	to	to	PART	_	71 say	mark
71	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	69 practice	acl
72	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 say	obj
73	over	over	ADP	_	71 say	compound:prt
74	)	)	PUNCT	_	73 over	punct
75	“	"	PUNCT	_	84 distance	punct
76	—	-	PUNCT	_	84 distance	punct
77	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	84 distance	discourse
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 distance	punct
79	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	84 distance	nsubj
80	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 distance	cop
81	about	about	ADP	_	84 distance	case
82	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 distance	det
83	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	84 distance	amod
84	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 say	obl
85	—	-	PUNCT	_	89 wonder	punct
86	but	but	CCONJ	_	89 wonder	cc
87	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	89 wonder	advmod
88	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	89 wonder	nsubj
89	wonder	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 distance	parataxis
90	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	96 got	obj
91	Latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 got	nsubj
92	or	or	CCONJ	_	93 Longitude	cc
93	Longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 Latitude	conj
94	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	95 ’ve	nsubj
95	’ve	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	91 Latitude	acl:relcl
96	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	89 wonder	ccomp
97	to	to	ADP	_	96 got	obl
98	?	?	PUNCT	_	89 wonder	punct
99	”	"	PUNCT	_	84 distance	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	me				tree rules
2	see	infinitive	me not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	would	that				thousand miles obl:unmarked; down property	tree rules
4	think speech: other	present	I					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	see in a quote	present	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	learn in a quote	past · perfect	Alice	several things of this sort in Alice's lessons in the schoolroom				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
7	not is a in a quote	past	this	a _				tree rules
8	show off in a quote	gerund		Alice's knowledge				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent knowledge=Recipient
9	is a in a quote	past	showing	no one				tree rules
10	listen in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here		Alice			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme
11	is a in a quote	past	knowledge	good practice		still		tree rules
12	say over speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	showing not said here	knowledge				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
13	is	present	that				about the right distance	tree rules
14	wonder speech: ask	present	I			then		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
15	have	present	I	Latitude or Longitude not said here				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latitude=Patient
16	get	participle	Latitude or Longitude					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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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