Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 47

Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice’s first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them.

Who acts: Alice, little legged table, nothing, key, locks · What happens: come, make, be, think, belong, not open · To what, where: little legged table, all, Alice, one, any, rate · 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 (Alice, little legged table, nothing, key), 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	Suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 table	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 table	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 table	amod
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 legged	nummod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 three	punct
9	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 table	amod
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 made	nsubj:pass
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 table	acl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 glass	case
15	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 glass	amod
16	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 was	punct
18	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	19 was	expl
19	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
20	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 was	nsubj
21	on	on	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 nothing	nmod
23	except	except	ADP	_	27 key	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 key	det
25	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 key	amod
26	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 key	amod
27	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 nothing	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 thought	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 thought	cc
30	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 thought	nsubj
31	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 thought	aux:pass
32	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	33 thought	advmod
33	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 came	conj
34	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 thought	ccomp
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 belong	mark
36	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 belong	nsubj
37	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 belong	aux
38	belong	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 was	advcl
39	to	to	ADP	_	40 one	case
40	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	38 belong	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 doors	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 doors	det
43	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 one	nmod
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 hall	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 hall	det
46	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 doors	nmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	57 large	punct
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	50 alas	cc
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 alas	punct
50	alas	alas	INTJ	_	57 large	discourse
51	!	!	PUNCT	_	50 alas	punct
52	either	either	CCONJ	_	57 large	cc:preconj
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 locks	det
54	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 large	nsubj
55	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 large	cop
56	too	too	ADV	_	57 large	advmod
57	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	parataxis
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 small	punct
59	or	or	CCONJ	_	64 small	cc
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 key	det
61	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 small	nsubj
62	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 small	cop
63	too	too	ADV	_	64 small	advmod
64	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 large	conj
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 open	punct
66	but	but	CCONJ	_	73 open	cc
67	at	at	ADP	_	69 rate	case
68	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	69 rate	det
69	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 open	obl
70	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 open	nsubj
71	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 open	aux
72	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	73 open	advmod
73	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	conj
74	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	73 open	obj
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 them	case
76	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 any	nmod
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	Alice			a little legged table	suddenly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon table=Location
2	make	participle · passive	a little legged table not said here	all			of solid glass	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	be	past	nothing			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	think speech: other	present · passive		Alice			first property	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme
5	be	past						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	belong	might	key		one of the doors of the hall			vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
7	is	past	the locks				large property	tree rules
8	is	past	the key				small property	tree rules
9	not open	would	key	any		any rate		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent any=Theme at rate=Location

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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