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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 (March, wine, Hatter, hair), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:013-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1.lesson:4 # text = The March Hare offers her wine that is not there, the Hatter says her hair needs cutting, then he asks a riddle: «Why is a raven like a writing-desk?» Alice says she can guess it, and they tease her for mixing up «saying what you mean» and «meaning what you say». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 013-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1.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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:det 2 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Hare Hare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 offers offer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=14:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 14 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 cutting cut VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=17:xcomp 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=18:punct 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 « « PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 27 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 37 » » PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 38 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 tease tease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=18:conj 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 mixing mix VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 « « PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ _ 53 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 54 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 obj _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 57 » » PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=56:punct 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 « « PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ _ 60 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 conj _ _ 61 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 obj _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 » » PUNCT '' _ 63 punct _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | present | March | Alice's wine | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wine=Theme | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | Alice's wine | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Hatter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **need** | present | Alice's hair | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **cut** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | hair | a riddle | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a raven | | | | like a writing desk | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **guess** | can | Alice | riddle | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **tease** | present | elbows *= elbow* | Alice | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 11 | **mix up** | gerund | elbows *= elbow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | elbows *= elbow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 13 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **mean** *in a quote* | gerund | elbows *= elbow* *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 15 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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:013-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1.lesson:4`. **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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×2, 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 VII, part…, 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/3/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part…, 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/6/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/)