Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party, sentence 1

There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.

Who acts: table, March Hare, Dormouse, other two · What happens: be, set out, have, sit, use, rest · To what, where: table, tree, tea, Dormouse, elbows, head

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (table, March Hare, Dormouse, other two), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 table	acl
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 set	compound:prt
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 front	case
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 front	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 having	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 having	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Hare	det
18	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Hare	compound
19	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 having	nsubj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Hatter	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Hatter	det
22	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Hare	conj
23	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 having	aux
24	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 was	advcl
25	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 having	obj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 it	case
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 having	obl
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	32 sitting	punct
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 Dormouse	det
30	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 sitting	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 sitting	aux
32	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 having	parataxis
33	between	between	ADP	_	34 them	case
34	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 sitting	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 fast	punct
36	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	32 sitting	advmod
37	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 fast	xcomp
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 using	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 using	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 two	det
41	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 two	amod
42	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 using	nsubj
43	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 using	aux
44	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 sitting	conj
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 using	obj
46	as	as	ADP	_	48 cushion	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 cushion	det
48	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 using	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 resting	punct
50	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 sitting	conj
51	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 elbows	nmod:poss
52	elbows	elbow	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 resting	obj
53	on	on	ADP	_	54 it	case
54	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 resting	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 talking	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 talking	cc
57	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 sitting	conj
58	over	over	ADP	_	60 head	case
59	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 head	nmod:poss
60	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 talking	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a table		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	set out	participle		a table not said here	a tree	in front of the house	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	past · progressive	the March Hare and the Hatter	tea	table		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient
4	sit	past · progressive	a Dormouse			between Hare; fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between they=Location
5	use	past · progressive	the other two	Dormouse		as a cushion	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as cushion=Attribute
6	rest	gerund	a Dormouse not said here	Hare's elbows	table		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent elbow=Theme on it=Location
7	talk	gerund	a Dormouse not said here		table's head		vn talk-37.5 «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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