Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 66

After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

Who acts: while, nothing, Alice, alas, key, poor little thing · What happens: find, happen, decide, go, get, forget · To what, where: garden, little golden key, key, glass, best, one · 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 (while, nothing, Alice, alas), 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 while	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 while	det
3	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 got	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 finding	punct
5	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 while	acl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 happened	mark
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 happened	nsubj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 nothing	advmod
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 finding	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 decided	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 decided	nsubj
12	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 happened	conj
13	on	on	SCONJ	_	14 going	mark
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 decided	advcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 garden	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 garden	det
17	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 going	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 going	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 got	punct
21	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 got	cc
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 alas	punct
23	alas	ala	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 got	nsubj
24	for	for	ADP	_	26 Alice	case
25	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 Alice	amod
26	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 alas	nmod
27	!	!	PUNCT	_	23 alas	punct
28	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	30 got	advmod
29	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 got	nsubj
30	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 door	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 door	det
33	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 got	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 found	punct
35	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 found	nsubj
36	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 got	conj
37	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 forgotten	nsubj
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 forgotten	aux
39	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	36 found	ccomp
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 key	det
41	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 key	amod
42	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 key	amod
43	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 forgotten	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 went	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 went	cc
46	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	48 went	advmod
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 went	nsubj
48	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 forgotten	conj
49	back	back	ADV	_	48 went	advmod
50	to	to	ADP	_	52 table	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 table	det
52	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 went	obl
53	for	for	ADP	_	54 it	case
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 went	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 found	punct
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 found	nsubj
57	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 forgotten	parataxis
58	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 reach	nsubj
59	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 reach	aux
60	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	62 reach	advmod
61	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	62 reach	advmod
62	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 found	ccomp
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 reach	obj
64	:	:	PUNCT	_	67 see	punct
65	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 see	nsubj
66	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 see	aux
67	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 forgotten	parataxis
68	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 see	obj
69	quite	quite	ADV	_	70 plainly	advmod
70	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	67 see	advmod
71	through	through	ADP	_	73 glass	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 glass	det
73	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 see	obl
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 tried	punct
75	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 tried	cc
76	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 tried	nsubj
77	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	67 see	parataxis
78	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	79 best	nmod:poss
79	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	77 tried	obj
80	to	to	PART	_	81 climb	mark
81	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	77 tried	xcomp
82	up	up	ADP	_	81 climb	compound:prt
83	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	81 climb	obj
84	of	of	ADP	_	86 legs	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 legs	det
86	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 one	nmod
87	of	of	ADP	_	89 table	case
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	89 table	det
89	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 legs	nmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 slippery	punct
91	but	but	CCONJ	_	95 slippery	cc
92	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 slippery	nsubj
93	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 slippery	cop
94	too	too	ADV	_	95 slippery	advmod
95	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 see	conj
96	;	;	PUNCT	_	100 had	punct
97	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 had	cc
98	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	100 had	advmod
99	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 had	nsubj
100	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 got	conj
101	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 herself	amod
102	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	100 had	obl
103	out	out	ADP	_	100 had	compound:prt
104	with	with	SCONJ	_	105 trying	mark
105	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	100 had	advcl
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	111 sat	punct
107	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	110 thing	det
108	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	110 thing	amod
109	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	110 thing	amod
110	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	111 sat	nsubj
111	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	105 trying	parataxis
112	down	down	ADP	_	111 sat	compound:prt
113	and	and	CCONJ	_	114 cried	cc
114	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	111 sat	conj
115	.	.	PUNCT	_	30 got	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund	a while not said here					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	happen	past	nothing					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	decide	past	Alice					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	gerund	Alice not said here		the garden			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial_Location
5	get	past	alas for poor Alice			while	to the door result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to door=Result
6	find	past	Alice					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
7	forget	past · perfect	Alice	the little golden key				tree rules
8	go back	past	Alice				to the table result; for table	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to table=Result
9	find	past	Alice					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
10	not reach	could	Alice	key			possibly property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme
11	see	could	Alice	key	the glass		plainly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
12	try	past	Alice	Alice's best				tree rules
13	climb up not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	one of the legs of the table				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location one=Theme
14	is	past	key				slippery property	tree rules
15	have out	past	Alice	Alice				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
16	try	gerund	Alice not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
17	sit down	past	the poor little thing					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
18	cry speech: express	past	the poor little thing not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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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