--- title: The Pigeon adds "You're looking for eggs, I know that well enough; a… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mush… · tree and pragmatics description: The Pigeon adds "You're looking for eggs, I know that well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?" Who acts: Pigeon, You. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pigeon, You), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:010-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon.lesson:17 # text = The Pigeon adds "You're looking for eggs, I know that well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?" # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 010-alice-ch5-part2-the-pigeon.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): no change 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 5 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obj _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 15 enough enough ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 19 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 expl _ _ 21 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: ask* | present | the Pigeon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | You | | | | | for eggs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Pigeon *= pigeon* | that | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | kind | the Pigeon *= pigeon* | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a little girl or a serpent | | | | | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. 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