Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground, sentence 83

“I don’t think they play at all fairly,” Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, “and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can’t hear oneself speak—and they don’t seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them—and you’ve no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there’s the arch I’ve got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground—and I should have croqueted the Queen’s hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming!”

Who acts: I, heads, Alice, one, oneself, nobody · What happens: not think, play, begin, quarrel, not hear, speak · To what, where: all, complaining tone, least, rules, particular, heads · 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 (I, heads, Alice, one), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	5 think	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
4	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 think	advmod
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 began	ccomp
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 play	nsubj
7	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 play	obl
10	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 play	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 play	punct
12	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 think	punct
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 began	nsubj
14	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tone	punct
16	in	in	ADP	_	20 tone	case
17	rather	rather	ADV	_	20 tone	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 tone	det
19	complaining	complaining	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tone	compound
20	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 began	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 quarrel	punct
22	“	"	PUNCT	_	26 quarrel	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 quarrel	cc
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 quarrel	nsubj
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 quarrel	advmod
26	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 tone	parataxis
27	so	so	ADV	_	32 hear	advmod
28	dreadfully	dreadfully	ADV	_	29 one	advmod
29	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	32 hear	nsubj
30	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 hear	aux
31	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	32 hear	advmod
32	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 quarrel	advcl
33	oneself	oneself	PRON	PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	34 speak	nsubj
34	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 hear	xcomp
35	—	-	PUNCT	_	40 seem	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 seem	cc
37	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 seem	nsubj
38	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 seem	aux
39	n’t	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	40 seem	advmod
40	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 hear	conj
41	to	to	PART	_	42 have	mark
42	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 seem	xcomp
43	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	44 rules	det
44	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 have	obj
45	in	in	ADP	_	46 particular	case
46	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 rules	nmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 least	punct
48	at	at	ADP	_	49 least	case
49	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	40 seem	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 are	punct
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	53 are	mark
52	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	53 are	expl
53	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 seem	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 attends	punct
55	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	56 attends	nsubj
56	attends	attend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 seem	parataxis
57	to	to	ADP	_	58 them	case
58	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 attends	obl
59	—	-	PUNCT	_	62 ’ve	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 ’ve	cc
61	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	62 ’ve	nsubj
62	’ve	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 attends	conj
63	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	64 idea	det
64	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 ’ve	obj
65	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	66 confusing	advmod
66	confusing	confusing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 alive	amod
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 alive	nsubj
68	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	73 alive	cop
69	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	71 things	det:predet
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 things	det
71	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	73 alive	nsubj
72	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	73 alive	cop
73	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 ’ve	conj
74	;	;	PUNCT	_	79 ’s	punct
75	for	for	ADP	_	76 instance	case
76	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 ’s	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 instance	punct
78	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	79 ’s	expl
79	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 began	conj
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 arch	det
81	arch	arch	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 ’s	obj
82	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	84 got	nsubj
83	’ve	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	84 got	aux
84	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	81 arch	acl:relcl
85	to	to	PART	_	86 go	mark
86	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	84 got	xcomp
87	through	through	ADP	_	89 walking	case
88	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	89 walking	amod
89	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 go	obl
90	about	about	ADV	_	94 end	advmod
91	at	at	ADP	_	94 end	case
92	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 end	det
93	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	94 end	amod
94	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 go	obl
95	of	of	ADP	_	97 ground	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 ground	det
97	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 end	nmod
98	—	-	PUNCT	_	103 croqueted	punct
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 croqueted	cc
100	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	103 croqueted	nsubj
101	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	103 croqueted	aux
102	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	103 croqueted	aux
103	croqueted	croquet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	79 ’s	advcl
104	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 Queen	det
105	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	107 hedgehog	nmod:poss
106	’s	's	PART	_	105 Queen	case
107	hedgehog	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Sing	103 croqueted	obj
108	just	just	ADV	_	109 now	advmod
109	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	103 croqueted	advmod
110	,	,	PUNCT	_	113 ran	punct
111	only	only	ADV	_	113 ran	advmod
112	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	113 ran	nsubj
113	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	103 croqueted	parataxis
114	away	away	ADV	_	113 ran	advmod
115	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	117 saw	advmod
116	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	117 saw	nsubj
117	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	113 ran	advcl
118	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	117 saw	obj
119	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	117 saw	xcomp
120	!	!	PUNCT	_	119 coming	punct
121	”	"	PUNCT	_	103 croqueted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not think speech: other in a quote	present · do-support	I						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	play in a quote	present	heads = head			all		fairly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	begin	past	Alice			a complaining tone			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	quarrel in a quote	present	heads = head						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	not hear in a quote	can	one						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	speak speech: other in a quote	infinitive	oneself						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	not seem in a quote	present · do-support	heads = head			least			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
8	have in a quote	to-infinitive	heads = head not said here	any rules		particular			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
9	be a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	heads = head not said here			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	attend in a quote	present	nobody		heads = head				vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to they=Theme
11	have in a quote	present	you	no idea					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
12	is in a quote	present	idea					alive property	tree rules
13	get in a quote	present · perfect	the Cat = cat	the arch not said here					tree rules
14	go in a quote	to-infinitive	the arch not said here			next walking	at the other end of the ground		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through walking=Initial_Location
15	croquet in a quote	should · perfect	the Cat = cat	the Queen's hedgehog			now		tree rules
16	run away in a quote	past	thing					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
17	see in a quote	past	thing	the Cat = cat					tree rules
18	come in a quote	gerund	the Cat = cat not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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