Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 114

Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.

Who acts: thing, puppy, Alice, moment, tongue, delight · What happens: know, do, pick up, hold out, jump, rush · To what, where: little bit, bit, air, stick, puppy, great thistle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, puppy, Alice, moment), 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	Hardly	hardly	ADV	_	2 knowing	advmod
2	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 picked	advcl
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 knowing	obj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 knowing	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 picked	nsubj
8	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 picked	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bit	amod
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picked	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 stick	case
14	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bit	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 held	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 held	cc
17	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 held	obj
19	out	out	ADP	_	17 held	compound:prt
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 puppy	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 puppy	det
22	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 held	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 jumped	punct
24	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	PronType=Int	27 jumped	advmod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 puppy	det
26	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 jumped	nsubj
27	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
28	into	into	ADP	_	30 air	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 air	det
30	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 jumped	obl
31	off	off	ADP	_	34 feet	case
32	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 feet	det:predet
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 feet	nmod:poss
34	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 jumped	obl
35	at	at	ADP	_	36 once	case
36	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	27 jumped	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 yelp	punct
38	with	with	ADP	_	40 yelp	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 yelp	det
40	yelp	yelp	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 jumped	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 delight	case
42	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 yelp	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 rushed	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 rushed	cc
45	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 jumped	parataxis
46	at	at	ADP	_	48 stick	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 stick	det
48	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 rushed	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 made	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 made	cc
51	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
52	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 made	xcomp
53	to	to	PART	_	54 worry	mark
54	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 believe	xcomp
55	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 worry	obj
56	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 dodged	punct
57	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	59 dodged	advmod
58	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 dodged	nsubj
59	dodged	dodge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	parataxis
60	behind	behind	ADP	_	63 thistle	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 thistle	det
62	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 thistle	amod
63	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 dodged	obl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 keep	punct
65	to	to	PART	_	66 keep	mark
66	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 dodged	conj
67	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	66 keep	obj
68	from	from	SCONJ	_	70 run	mark
69	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	70 run	aux:pass
70	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	66 keep	advcl
71	over	over	ADV	_	70 run	advmod
72	;	;	PUNCT	_	77 appeared	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	77 appeared	cc
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 moment	det
75	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 appeared	nsubj
76	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	77 appeared	nsubj
77	appeared	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	parataxis
78	on	on	ADP	_	81 side	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 side	det
80	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 side	amod
81	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	77 appeared	obl
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	85 made	punct
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 puppy	det
84	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 made	nsubj
85	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	77 appeared	conj
86	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	87 rush	det
87	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 made	obj
88	at	at	ADP	_	90 stick	case
89	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	90 stick	det
90	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 made	obl
91	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 tumbled	punct
92	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 tumbled	cc
93	tumbled	tumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
94	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 tumbled	obj
95	over	over	ADP	_	96 heels	case
96	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 tumbled	obl
97	in	in	ADP	_	99 hurry	case
98	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	99 hurry	nmod:poss
99	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 tumbled	obl
100	to	to	PART	_	101 get	mark
101	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	93 tumbled	advcl
102	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 get	obj
103	of	of	ADP	_	104 it	case
104	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 hold	nmod
105	;	;	PUNCT	_	107 Alice	punct
106	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	107 Alice	advmod
107	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 picked	obl
108	,	,	PUNCT	_	109 thinking	punct
109	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 picked	advcl
110	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	114 having	nsubj
111	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	114 having	aux
112	very	very	ADV	_	114 having	advmod
113	like	like	SCONJ	_	114 having	mark
114	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	109 thinking	ccomp
115	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	116 game	det
116	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 having	obj
117	of	of	ADP	_	118 play	case
118	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	116 game	nmod
119	with	with	ADP	_	123 horse	case
120	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	123 horse	det
121	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	123 horse	compound
122	-	-	PUNCT	_	121 cart	punct
123	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 having	obl
124	,	,	PUNCT	_	126 expecting	punct
125	and	and	CCONJ	_	126 expecting	cc
126	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 picked	advcl
127	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	128 moment	det
128	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	126 expecting	obj
129	to	to	PART	_	131 trampled	mark
130	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	131 trampled	aux:pass
131	trampled	trample	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	128 moment	acl
132	under	under	ADP	_	134 feet	case
133	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	134 feet	nmod:poss
134	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	131 trampled	obl
135	,	,	PUNCT	_	136 ran	punct
136	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
137	round	round	ADP	_	139 thistle	case
138	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	139 thistle	det
139	thistle	thistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	136 ran	obl
140	again	again	ADV	_	136 ran	advmod
141	;	;	PUNCT	_	145 began	punct
142	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	145 began	advmod
143	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	144 puppy	det
144	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	145 began	nsubj
145	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
146	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	147 series	det
147	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	145 began	obj
148	of	of	ADP	_	150 charges	case
149	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	150 charges	amod
150	charges	charge	NOUN	Number=Plur	147 series	nmod
151	at	at	ADP	_	153 stick	case
152	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	153 stick	det
153	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	145 began	obl
154	,	,	PUNCT	_	155 running	punct
155	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	145 began	advcl
156	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	159 way	det
157	very	very	ADV	_	158 little	advmod
158	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	159 way	amod
159	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	155 running	obl
160	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	159 way	advmod
161	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	162 time	det
162	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	159 way	obl:unmarked
163	and	and	CCONJ	_	166 way	cc
164	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	166 way	det
165	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	166 way	amod
166	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	162 time	conj
167	back	back	ADV	_	166 way	advmod
168	,	,	PUNCT	_	170 barking	punct
169	and	and	CCONJ	_	170 barking	cc
170	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 picked	advcl
171	hoarsely	hoarsely	ADV	_	170 barking	advmod
172	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	174 while	det:predet
173	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	174 while	det
174	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	170 barking	obl:unmarked
175	,	,	PUNCT	_	180 sat	punct
176	till	till	SCONJ	_	180 sat	mark
177	at	at	ADP	_	178 last	case
178	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	180 sat	obl
179	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	180 sat	nsubj
180	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	conj
181	down	down	ADP	_	180 sat	compound:prt
182	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	184 way	det
183	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	184 way	amod
184	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	180 sat	obl
185	off	off	ADV	_	184 way	advmod
186	,	,	PUNCT	_	187 panting	punct
187	panting	pant	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	180 sat	advcl
188	,	,	PUNCT	_	191 tongue	punct
189	with	with	ADP	_	191 tongue	case
190	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	191 tongue	nmod:poss
191	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	187 panting	obl
192	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	191 tongue	acl
193	out	out	ADP	_	196 mouth	case
194	of	of	ADP	_	196 mouth	case
195	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	196 mouth	nmod:poss
196	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	192 hanging	obl
197	,	,	PUNCT	_	203 shut	punct
198	and	and	CCONJ	_	203 shut	cc
199	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	201 eyes	nmod:poss
200	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	201 eyes	amod
201	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	203 shut	nsubj
202	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	203 shut	advmod
203	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 picked	advcl
204	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 picked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	gerund	thing not said here				hardly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
2	do	past	thing					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pick up	past	thing	a little bit of stick			Alice obl	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic
4	hold out	past	thing not said here	bit			to the puppy	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	jump	past	the puppy				into the air result; off puppy's feet; with a yelp of delight; whereupon property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result
6	rush	participle			the stick			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stick=Trajectory
7	make	past	thing not said here					tree rules
8	believe	infinitive	thing not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	worry	to-infinitive	thing not said here	puppy				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
10	dodge	past	Alice		a great thistle	then		vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
11	keep	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	thing				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme
12	run over	gerund · passive	Alice not said here				over property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»
13	appear	past	the moment		the other side			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location
14	make	past	the puppy	another rush	the stick			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rush=Product
15	tumble	past	thing not said here	head	heels		in puppy's hurry	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme
16	get	to-infinitive	thing not said here	hold of puppy				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hold=Stimulus
17	think speech: other	gerund	thing not said here					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
18	have	past · progressive	puppy	a game of play			with a cart horse	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient
19	expect	gerund	thing not said here			moment		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
20	trample	to-infinitive · passive	thing not said here		puppy's feet			tree rules
21	run	past	thing not said here		the thistle	again		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round thistle=Trajectory
22	begin	past	the puppy	a series of short charges	the stick	then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent series=Eventuality
23	run	gerund	the puppy not said here	a little way				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
24	bark	gerund	thing not said here			while	hoarsely property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
25	sit down	past	puppy	a good way	last			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at last=Location
26	pant	gerund	puppy not said here				with puppy's tongue	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
27	hang out	gerund	puppy's tongue not said here	puppy's mouth				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouth=Patient
28	yelp		delight					nom yelp «event intransitive»: of=agent
29	hurry		puppy					nom hurry «state transitive»: poss=agent
30	hold			puppy				nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient

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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