--- title: The Duchess says "If everybody minded their own business, the world… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The foo… · tree and pragmatics description: The Duchess says "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does", and Alice, "very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her knowledge", explains the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn on its axis (which is true). 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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 (Duchess, everybody, world, 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:23 # text = The Duchess says "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does", and Alice, "very glad to get an opportunity of showing off a little of her knowledge", explains the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn on its axis (which is true). # 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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nsubj _ _ 7 minded mind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 round round ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 faster fast ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 xcomp _ _ 20 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=22:punct 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 26 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 little little NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 compound _ _ 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 51 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 axis axis NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=54:obj 58 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 61 punct _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 parataxis _ _ 62 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 61 punct _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Duchess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mind** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | everybody | irons's own business | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme | | 3 | **go round** *in a quote* | would | the world | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | a opportunity | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer opportunity=Stimulus | | 5 | **show off** *in a quote* | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | a little of Alice's knowledge | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent little=Recipient | | 6 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **take** | present | the earth | | | | hour | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the earth *not said here* | | | earth's axis | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on axis=Trajectory | | 9 | **is** | present | earth's axis | | | | | true *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. **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:23`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part…, 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/22/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part…, 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/24/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/)