Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 54

There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (“which certainly was not here before,” said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words “DRINK ME,” beautifully printed on it in large letters.

Who acts: use, Alice, book, neck · What happens: seem, be, wait, go back, hope, find · To what, where: use, key, people, rate, little bottle, paper label · 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 (use, Alice, book, neck), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 seemed	expl
2	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 use	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 use	cop
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 use	det
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seemed	xcomp
7	in	in	SCONJ	_	8 waiting	mark
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 use	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 door	amod
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 went	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 went	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 went	nsubj
16	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seemed	conj
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 went	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 table	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 table	det
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 went	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 half	punct
22	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	20 table	conj
23	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 went	advcl
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 find	nsubj
25	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 find	aux
26	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 hoping	ccomp
27	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	28 key	det
28	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 find	obj
29	on	on	ADP	_	30 it	case
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 find	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 shutting	punct
32	or	or	CCONJ	_	41 shutting	cc
33	at	at	ADP	_	35 rate	case
34	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	35 rate	det
35	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 shutting	obl
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 book	det
37	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 shutting	nsubj
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 rules	case
39	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 book	nmod
40	for	for	SCONJ	_	41 shutting	mark
41	shutting	shut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 seemed	advcl
42	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 shutting	obj
43	up	up	ADP	_	41 shutting	compound:prt
44	like	like	ADP	_	45 telescopes	case
45	telescopes	telescope	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 shutting	obl
46	:	:	PUNCT	_	50 found	punct
47	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	48 time	det
48	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 found	obl:unmarked
49	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 found	nsubj
50	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seemed	parataxis
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 bottle	det
52	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 bottle	amod
53	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 found	obj
54	on	on	ADP	_	55 it	case
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 found	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 said	punct
57	(	(	PUNCT	_	67 said	punct
58	“	"	PUNCT	_	63 here	punct
59	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 here	nsubj
60	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	63 here	advmod
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 here	cop
62	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	63 here	advmod
63	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	67 said	parataxis
64	before	before	ADV	_	63 here	advmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 before	punct
66	”	"	PUNCT	_	63 here	punct
67	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 found	parataxis
68	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 said	nsubj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 said	punct
70	)	)	PUNCT	_	50 found	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 round	cc
72	round	round	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 found	conj
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 neck	det
74	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 label	nsubj
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 bottle	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 bottle	det
77	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 neck	nmod
78	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 label	cop
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 label	det
80	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 label	compound
81	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 round	ccomp
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 words	punct
83	with	with	ADP	_	85 words	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 words	det
85	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 found	obj
86	“	"	PUNCT	_	87 DRINK	punct
87	DRINK	drink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	85 words	parataxis
88	ME	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	87 DRINK	obj
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 DRINK	punct
90	”	"	PUNCT	_	87 DRINK	punct
91	beautifully	beautifully	ADV	_	92 printed	advmod
92	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	87 DRINK	advcl
93	on	on	ADP	_	94 it	case
94	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 printed	obl
95	in	in	ADP	_	97 letters	case
96	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 letters	amod
97	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 printed	obl
98	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	past			there			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	is a	to-infinitive		no use				tree rules
3	wait	gerund	no use not said here				by the little door	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location
4	go back	past	Alice				to the table and half result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to table=Result
5	hope	gerund	Alice not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	find	might	Alice	another key	key			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic
7	shut up	gerund	a book of rules	people	any rate		like telescopes	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
8	find	past	Alice	a little bottle	key	time		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme word=Attribute
9	not is in a quote	past					before, certainly, here property	tree rules
10	say speech: assert	past	Alice					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	round	infinitive	Alice not said here					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
12	is a	past	the neck of the bottle	a paper label				tree rules
13	drink in a quote	infinitive		Alice				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient
14	print	participle			key		in large letters; beautifully property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on it=Destination

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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