Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper, sentence 1

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood—(she considered him to be a footman because he was in livery: otherwise, judging by his face only, she would have called him a fish)—and rapped loudly at the door with his knuckles.

Who acts: she, footman, he · What happens: stand, look, wonder, do, come, run · To what, where: wood, him, footman, livery · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (she, footman, he), 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	For	for	ADP	_	3 minute	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 minute	det
3	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stood	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 two	cc
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 minute	conj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stood	nsubj
7	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stood	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 house	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wondering	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wondering	cc
14	wondering	wonder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stood	advcl
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 do	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 do	mark
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wondering	xcomp
18	next	next	ADV	_	17 do	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 came	punct
20	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	26 came	advmod
21	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	23 footman	advmod
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 footman	det
23	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 came	nsubj
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 livery	case
25	livery	livery	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 footman	nmod
26	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stood	conj
27	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 came	advcl
28	out	out	ADP	_	31 wood	case
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 wood	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 wood	det
31	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 running	obl
32	—	-	PUNCT	_	35 considered	punct
33	(	(	PUNCT	_	35 considered	punct
34	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 considered	nsubj
35	considered	consider	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stood	parataxis
36	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 considered	obj
37	to	to	PART	_	40 footman	mark
38	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 footman	cop
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 footman	det
40	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 considered	xcomp
41	because	because	SCONJ	_	45 livery	mark
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 livery	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 livery	cop
44	in	in	ADP	_	45 livery	case
45	livery	livery	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 considered	xcomp
46	:	:	PUNCT	_	47 otherwise	punct
47	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	45 livery	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 judging	punct
49	judging	judge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 considered	conj
50	by	by	ADP	_	52 face	case
51	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 face	nmod:poss
52	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 judging	obl
53	only	only	ADV	_	49 judging	advmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 called	punct
55	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 called	nsubj:pass
56	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 called	aux
57	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	58 called	aux
58	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stood	parataxis
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 called	obj
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 fish	det
61	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 called	xcomp
62	)	)	PUNCT	_	58 called	punct
63	—	-	PUNCT	_	65 rapped	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 rapped	cc
65	rapped	rap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stood	parataxis
66	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	65 rapped	advmod
67	at	at	ADP	_	69 door	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 door	det
69	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 rapped	obl
70	with	with	ADP	_	72 knuckles	case
71	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 knuckles	nmod:poss
72	knuckles	knuckle	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 rapped	obl
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stood	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	she			minute		vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	look	gerund	she not said here				at the house	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at house=Theme
3	wonder speech: ask	gerund	she not said here					vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	do	to-infinitive	she not said here				next property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
5	come	past	a footman in livery					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	run	gerund	a footman in livery not said here		the wood			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out wood=Trajectory
7	consider	past	footman	him = he				vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute
8	is a	to-infinitive	footman not said here	a footman				tree rules
9	is	past	he		livery		otherwise property	tree rules
10	judge	gerund	footman not said here				by his face	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
11	call	would · perfect · passive		footman				vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme he=Result
12	rap	past					with fish's knuckles; at the door; loudly property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient with knuckle=Instrument

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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