Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 53

“That _was_ a narrow escape!” said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; “and now for the garden!” and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, “and things are worse than ever,” thought the poor child, “for I never was so small as this before, never!

Who acts: _, narrow escape, Alice, little golden key, things, poor child · What happens: be, say, frighten, find, run, shut · To what, where: narrow escape, good deal, sudden change, Alice, existence, little door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (_, narrow escape, Alice, little golden 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	8 escape	punct
2	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 _	det
3	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 escape	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 escape	cop
5	_	_	PUNCT	_	8 escape	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 escape	det
7	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 escape	amod
8	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 escape	punct
10	”	"	PUNCT	_	8 escape	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 deal	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 deal	det
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 deal	amod
16	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Alice	appos
17	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 deal	acl
18	at	at	ADP	_	21 change	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 change	det
20	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 change	amod
21	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 frightened	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 glad	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 glad	cc
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 glad	advmod
25	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 said	parataxis
26	to	to	PART	_	27 find	mark
27	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 glad	xcomp
28	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	27 find	obj
29	still	still	ADV	_	27 find	advmod
30	in	in	ADP	_	31 existence	case
31	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 find	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
33	“	"	PUNCT	_	38 garden	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 garden	cc
35	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 garden	advmod
36	for	for	ADP	_	38 garden	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 garden	det
38	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 said	parataxis
39	!	!	PUNCT	_	38 garden	punct
40	”	"	PUNCT	_	38 garden	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 ran	cc
42	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 ran	nsubj
43	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	conj
44	with	with	ADP	_	46 speed	case
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 speed	det
46	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 ran	obl
47	back	back	ADV	_	43 ran	advmod
48	to	to	ADP	_	51 door	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 door	det
50	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 door	amod
51	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 ran	obl
52	:	:	PUNCT	_	87 thought	punct
53	but	but	CCONJ	_	87 thought	cc
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 alas	punct
55	alas	alas	INTJ	_	87 thought	discourse
56	!	!	PUNCT	_	61 shut	punct
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 door	det
58	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 door	amod
59	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 shut	nsubj:pass
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 shut	aux:pass
61	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 alas	conj
62	again	again	ADV	_	61 shut	advmod
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 lying	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 lying	cc
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 key	det
66	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 key	amod
67	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 key	amod
68	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 lying	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 lying	aux
70	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	61 shut	advcl
71	on	on	ADP	_	74 table	case
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 table	det
73	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 table	compound
74	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 lying	obl
75	as	as	ADP	_	76 before	case
76	before	before	ADV	_	70 lying	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 worse	punct
78	“	"	PUNCT	_	82 worse	punct
79	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 worse	cc
80	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	82 worse	nsubj
81	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 worse	cop
82	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	70 lying	advmod
83	than	than	ADP	_	84 ever	case
84	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	82 worse	obl
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 worse	punct
86	”	"	PUNCT	_	70 lying	punct
87	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	parataxis
88	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 child	det
89	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	90 child	amod
90	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 thought	obj
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 small	punct
92	“	"	PUNCT	_	98 small	punct
93	for	for	SCONJ	_	96 was	mark
94	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	96 was	nsubj
95	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	96 was	advmod
96	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 small	cop
97	so	so	ADV	_	98 small	advmod
98	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 thought	ccomp
99	as	as	ADP	_	100 this	case
100	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	98 small	obl
101	before	before	ADV	_	98 small	advmod
102	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 small	punct
103	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	87 thought	advmod
104	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	that _	a narrow escape				tree rules
2	say speech: express	past	a narrow escape					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	frighten	participle		a good deal not said here	the sudden change			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	find	to-infinitive	a narrow escape not said here	Alice	existence	still		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic
5	run	past	Alice				with all speed; to the little door result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result
6	shut	past · passive		the little door		again		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
7	lie	past · progressive	the little golden key		the glass table			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location
8	is in a quote	present	things				bad property	tree rules
9	not think speech: other	past	the poor child					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	is in a quote	past					as this; before, small property	tree rules

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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