--- title: The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duch… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The foo… · tree and pragmatics description: The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duchess and the baby; the Duchess takes no notice of them, even when they hit her, and Alice cries "Oh, there goes his precious nose!"; this grinning cat is nothing like Alice's Dinah, who, she told the Mouse, sits "purring so nicely by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/) / 22 # Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen, sentence 22 The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duchess and the baby; the Duchess takes no notice of them, even when they hit her, and Alice cries "Oh, there goes his precious nose!"; this grinning cat is nothing like Alice's Dinah, who, she told the Mouse, sits "purring so nicely by the fire". **Who acts:** cook, Duchess, irons, Alice, grinning cat, Dinah · **What happens:** throw, take, hit, cry, go, grin · **To what, where:** fire irons, notice, Duchess, precious nose, nothing, Mouse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cook, Duchess, irons, Alice), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:011-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper.lesson:22 # text = The cook throws fire-irons, saucepans, plates and dishes at the Duchess and the baby; the Duchess takes no notice of them, even when they hit her, and Alice cries "Oh, there goes his precious nose!"; this grinning cat is nothing like Alice's Dinah, who, she told the Mouse, sits "purring so nicely by the fire". # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 011-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper.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): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 irons iron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saucepans saucepan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Duchess duchess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:nmod 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=22:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 22 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 cries cry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=22:conj 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 38 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 41 expl _ _ 41 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:parataxis 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 49 grinning grin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 amod _ _ 50 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj 53 like like ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 Dinah Dinah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 65 nsubj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 parataxis _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 iobj _ _ 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 66 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ _ 67 purring purr VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 xcomp _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 nicely nicely ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 70 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=69:obl 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ 74 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | the cook | fire irons and saucepans and plates and dishes | | | | at the Duchess and the baby | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent iron=Theme at duchess=Destination | | 2 | **take** | present | the Duchess | no notice of dishes | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 3 | **hit** | past | irons *= iron* | Duchess | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present | | cat's precious nose | | there | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location nose=Theme | | 6 | **grin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | this grinning cat | nothing | | | | like Alice's Dinah | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | the Mouse | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mouse=Recipient | | 9 | **sit** | present | Alice's Dinah | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **purr** *in a quote* | gerund | Alice's Dinah *not said here* | | | | | by the fire; nicely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location | | 11 | **notice** | | | dishes *= dish* | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:011-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper.lesson:22`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R3-conj-first ×1, R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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