Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground, sentence 73

The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in getting its body tucked away, comfortably enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it _would_ twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing: and when she had got its head down, and was going to begin again, it was very provoking to find that the hedgehog had unrolled itself, and was in the act of crawling away: besides all this, there was generally a ridge or furrow in the way wherever she wanted to send the hedgehog to, and, as the doubled-up soldiers were always getting up and walking off to other parts of the ground, Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.

Who acts: chief difficulty, difficulty, body, legs, flamingo, puzzled expression · What happens: find, manage, succeed, get, tuck away, hang down · To what, where: flamingo, arm, body, neck, blow, hedgehog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chief difficulty, difficulty, body, legs), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 difficulty	det
2	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 difficulty	amod
3	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 difficulty	appos
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	10 managing	mark
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 managing	advmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 managing	aux
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 managing	mark
10	managing	manage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 found	advcl
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 flamingo	nmod:poss
12	flamingo	flamingo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 managing	obj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 succeeded	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 succeeded	nsubj
15	succeeded	succeed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	parataxis
16	in	in	SCONJ	_	17 getting	mark
17	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 succeeded	advcl
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 body	nmod:poss
19	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 getting	obj
20	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 getting	xcomp
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 tucked	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 enough	punct
23	comfortably	comfortably	ADV	_	24 enough	advmod
24	enough	enough	ADV	_	15 succeeded	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 arm	punct
26	under	under	ADP	_	28 arm	case
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 arm	nmod:poss
28	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 succeeded	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 hanging	punct
30	with	with	SCONJ	_	33 hanging	mark
31	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 legs	nmod:poss
32	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 hanging	nsubj
33	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 succeeded	conj
34	down	down	ADP	_	33 hanging	compound:prt
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 got	punct
36	but	but	CCONJ	_	43 got	cc
37	generally	generally	ADV	_	43 got	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 got	punct
39	just	just	ADV	_	43 got	advmod
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	43 got	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 got	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 got	aux
43	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 found	parataxis
44	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 neck	nmod:poss
45	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 got	obj
46	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	47 straightened	advmod
47	straightened	straighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 got	advcl
48	out	out	ADP	_	47 straightened	compound:prt
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 going	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 going	cc
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 going	aux
52	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 found	advcl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 give	mark
54	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 going	xcomp
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 hedgehog	det
56	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 give	obj
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 blow	det
58	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 give	obj
59	with	with	ADP	_	61 head	case
60	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 head	nmod:poss
61	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 blow	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 twist	punct
63	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 twist	nsubj
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	63 it	punct
65	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 twist	aux
66	_	_	PUNCT	_	67 twist	punct
67	twist	twist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 found	conj
68	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	67 twist	obj
69	round	round	ADV	_	67 twist	advmod
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 look	cc
71	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 twist	conj
72	up	up	ADP	_	71 look	compound:prt
73	in	in	ADP	_	75 face	case
74	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 face	nmod:poss
75	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 look	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 expression	punct
77	with	with	ADP	_	81 expression	case
78	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	81 expression	det:predet
79	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	81 expression	det
80	puzzled	puzzle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	81 expression	amod
81	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 look	obl
82	that	that	SCONJ	_	86 help	mark
83	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 help	nsubj
84	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	86 help	aux
85	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	86 help	advmod
86	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	81 expression	acl:relcl
87	bursting	burst	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	86 help	xcomp
88	out	out	ADP	_	87 bursting	compound:prt
89	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	87 bursting	xcomp
90	:	:	PUNCT	_	95 got	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	95 got	cc
92	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	95 got	advmod
93	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	95 got	nsubj
94	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 got	aux
95	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	67 twist	parataxis
96	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	97 head	nmod:poss
97	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 got	obj
98	down	down	ADV	_	95 got	advmod
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 going	punct
100	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 going	cc
101	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	102 going	aux
102	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	95 got	conj
103	to	to	PART	_	104 begin	mark
104	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	102 going	xcomp
105	again	again	ADV	_	104 begin	advmod
106	,	,	PUNCT	_	110 provoking	punct
107	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	110 provoking	nsubj
108	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	110 provoking	aux
109	very	very	ADV	_	110 provoking	advmod
110	provoking	provoke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	95 got	advcl
111	to	to	PART	_	112 find	mark
112	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	110 provoking	advcl
113	that	that	SCONJ	_	117 unrolled	mark
114	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	115 hedgehog	det
115	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 unrolled	nsubj:pass
116	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	117 unrolled	aux
117	unrolled	unroll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	112 find	ccomp
118	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	117 unrolled	obj
119	,	,	PUNCT	_	124 act	punct
120	and	and	CCONJ	_	124 act	cc
121	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	124 act	cop
122	in	in	ADP	_	124 act	case
123	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	124 act	det
124	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	parataxis
125	of	of	ADP	_	126 crawling	case
126	crawling	crawling	NOUN	Number=Sing	124 act	nmod
127	away	away	ADV	_	124 act	advmod
128	:	:	PUNCT	_	134 was	punct
129	besides	besides	ADP	_	131 this	case
130	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	131 this	det:predet
131	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	134 was	obl
132	,	,	PUNCT	_	131 this	punct
133	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	134 was	expl
134	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	parataxis
135	generally	generally	ADV	_	137 ridge	advmod
136	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	137 ridge	det
137	ridge	ridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	134 was	nsubj
138	or	or	CCONJ	_	139 furrow	cc
139	furrow	furrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	137 ridge	conj
140	in	in	ADP	_	142 way	case
141	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	142 way	det
142	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	137 ridge	nmod
143	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	145 wanted	advmod
144	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	145 wanted	nsubj
145	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	142 way	acl:relcl
146	to	to	PART	_	147 send	mark
147	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	145 wanted	xcomp
148	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	149 hedgehog	det
149	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	147 send	obj
150	to	to	ADP	_	147 send	obl
151	,	,	PUNCT	_	176 came	punct
152	and	and	CCONJ	_	176 came	cc
153	,	,	PUNCT	_	152 and	punct
154	as	as	SCONJ	_	162 getting	mark
155	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	159 soldiers	det
156	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	159 soldiers	amod
157	-	-	PUNCT	_	158 up	punct
158	up	up	ADP	_	156 doubled	compound:prt
159	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	162 getting	nsubj
160	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	162 getting	aux
161	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	162 getting	advmod
162	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	176 came	advcl
163	up	up	ADP	_	162 getting	compound:prt
164	and	and	CCONJ	_	165 walking	cc
165	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	162 getting	conj
166	off	off	ADP	_	165 walking	compound:prt
167	to	to	ADP	_	169 parts	case
168	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	169 parts	amod
169	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	165 walking	obl
170	of	of	ADP	_	172 ground	case
171	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	172 ground	det
172	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	169 parts	nmod
173	,	,	PUNCT	_	162 getting	punct
174	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	176 came	nsubj
175	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	176 came	advmod
176	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	conj
177	to	to	ADP	_	179 conclusion	case
178	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	179 conclusion	det
179	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	176 came	obl
180	that	that	SCONJ	_	186 game	mark
181	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	186 game	nsubj
182	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	186 game	cop
183	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	186 game	det
184	very	very	ADV	_	185 difficult	advmod
185	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	186 game	amod
186	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	176 came	advcl
187	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	186 game	advmod
188	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the chief difficulty						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	manage	past · progressive	the chief difficulty not said here	Alice's flamingo				first property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flamingo=Theme
3	succeed	past	difficulty			Alice's arm		enough property	vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	get	gerund	difficulty not said here	flamingo's body					tree rules
5	tuck away	participle	flamingo's body not said here					away property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent
6	hang down	gerund	flamingo's legs						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	get	past · perfect	difficulty	flamingo's neck				generally property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Stimulus
8	straighten out	participle	difficulty not said here					nicely property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
9	go	past · progressive	the chief difficulty not said here						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	give	to-infinitive	the chief difficulty not said here	a blow	the hedgehog				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Recipient blow=Theme
11	twist	would	flamingo	flamingo				round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme itself=Result
12	look up	infinitive	flamingo not said here					with such puzzled expression; in Alice's face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in face=Theme
13	puzzle	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
14	not help	could	difficulty	such puzzled expression not said here					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent expression=Beneficiary clause=Theme
15	burst out not said to happen	gerund	such puzzled expression not said here						tree rules
16	laugh	gerund	such puzzled expression not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	get down	past · perfect	difficulty	flamingo's head				down property	tree rules
18	go	past · progressive	difficulty not said here						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
19	begin	to-infinitive	difficulty not said here				again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
20	provoke	past · progressive	flamingo						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
21	find	to-infinitive	flamingo not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
22	unroll	past · perfect · passive		the hedgehog					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient itself=Result
23	is	past				the act		of crawling; away property	tree rules
24	be	past	a ridge in the way or furrow			there		besides this	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
25	want	past	difficulty					wherever property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
26	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	difficulty not said here	the hedgehog					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=Theme
27	double up	participle							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
28	get up	past · progressive	the doubled soldiers					always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
29	walk off	gerund	the doubled soldiers not said here					to other parts of the ground	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
30	come	past	Alice			the conclusion		soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial_Location
31	is a	past	ground	a difficult game				indeed 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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