Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 80

She is such a dear quiet thing,” Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, “and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face—and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse—and she’s such a capital one for catching mice—oh, I beg your pardon!” cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended.

Who acts: Dinah, Alice, I, dear quiet thing, Mouse, pardon · What happens: be, go on, swim, sit, purr, lick · To what, where: dear quiet thing, pool, paws, face, nice soft thing, capital one · 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 (Dinah, Alice, I, dear quiet thing), 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	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	cop
3	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	7 thing	det:predet
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thing	det
5	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 cried	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	7 thing	punct
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	acl:relcl
12	on	on	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 half	punct
14	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	7 thing	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 herself	case
16	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 half	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 swam	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 swam	mark
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 swam	nsubj
20	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	conj
21	lazily	lazily	ADV	_	20 swam	advmod
22	about	about	ADV	_	25 pool	advmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 pool	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 pool	det
25	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 swam	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 sits	punct
27	“	"	PUNCT	_	30 sits	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 sits	cc
29	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 sits	nsubj
30	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 pool	conj
31	purring	purr	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 sits	xcomp
32	so	so	ADV	_	33 nicely	advmod
33	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	31 purring	advmod
34	by	by	ADP	_	36 fire	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 fire	det
36	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 purring	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 licking	punct
38	licking	lick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	31 purring	conj
39	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 paws	nmod:poss
40	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 licking	obj
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 washing	cc
42	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	38 licking	conj
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 face	nmod:poss
44	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 washing	obj
45	—	-	PUNCT	_	53 thing	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 thing	cc
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 thing	nsubj
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 thing	cop
49	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	53 thing	det:predet
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 thing	det
51	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 thing	amod
52	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 thing	amod
53	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 sits	obl
54	to	to	PART	_	55 nurse	mark
55	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 thing	nmod
56	—	-	PUNCT	_	63 one	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 one	cc
58	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 one	nsubj
59	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	63 one	cop
60	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	63 one	det:predet
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 one	det
62	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 one	amod
63	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	conj
64	for	for	SCONJ	_	65 catching	mark
65	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	63 one	advcl
66	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 catching	obj
67	—	-	PUNCT	_	71 beg	punct
68	oh	oh	INTJ	_	71 beg	discourse
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 oh	punct
70	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	71 beg	nsubj
71	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thing	advcl
72	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	73 pardon	nmod:poss
73	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 beg	obj
74	!	!	PUNCT	_	71 beg	punct
75	”	"	PUNCT	_	71 beg	punct
76	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
77	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 cried	nsubj
78	again	again	ADV	_	76 cried	advmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 bristling	punct
80	for	for	ADP	_	82 time	case
81	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	82 time	det
82	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 bristling	obl
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 Mouse	det
84	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 bristling	nsubj
85	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	86 bristling	aux
86	bristling	bristle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	76 cried	advcl
87	all	all	ADV	_	88 over	advmod
88	over	over	ADV	_	86 bristling	advmod
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 felt	punct
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 felt	cc
91	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	92 felt	nsubj
92	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 cried	parataxis
93	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	92 felt	xcomp
94	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	98 offended	nsubj
95	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	98 offended	aux
96	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	98 offended	cop
97	really	really	ADV	_	98 offended	advmod
98	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 certain	ccomp
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	76 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dinah	such dear quiet thing and half to Dinah and such capital one				tree rules
2	go on in a quote	past	Alice	such dear quiet thing and half to Dinah and such capital one not said here				tree rules
3	swim in a quote	past	Dinah		the pool		lazily property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory
4	sit	present	Dinah					tree rules
5	purr	gerund	Dinah not said here				by the fire; nicely property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location
6	lick	gerund	Dinah not said here	Dinah's paws				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent paw=Source
7	wash	gerund	Dinah not said here	Dinah's face				vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
8	is a	present	Dinah	such nice soft thing			nurse nmod	tree rules
9	is a	present	Dinah	such capital one				tree rules
10	catch	gerund	Dinah not said here	mice				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
11	beg speech: request	present	I	your pardon				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
12	cry speech: express in a quote	past	such dear quiet thing and half to Dinah and such capital one			again		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	bristle in a quote	past · progressive	the Mouse			time	over property	vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location
14	feel in a quote	past	Dinah				certain property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
15	is in a quote	must	pardon				offended property	tree rules
16	pardon		your					nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=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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