--- title: They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, explains t… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Q… · tree and pragmatics description: They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, explains to Alice in a whisper: they planted a white rose-tree by mistake instead of a red one, and if the Queen finds out, they will all lose their heads. Who acts: gardeners, one, Queen. 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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 (gardeners, one, Queen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:015-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1.lesson:1 # text = They squabble and blame each other, and one of them, Two, explains to Alice in a whisper: they planted a white rose-tree by mistake instead of a red one, and if the Queen finds out, they will all lose their heads. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 015-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-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): R2-punct-next ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 squabble squabble VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 blame blame VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 other other PRON NN PronType=Rcp 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=9:punct 13 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:conj 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 26 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 35 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 all all ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squabble** | present | gardeners *= gardener* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **blame** | present | gardeners *= gardener* *not said here* | other | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | one of gardeners | | Alice | a whisper | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to alice=Recipient | | 4 | **plant** | past | gardeners *= gardener* | a white rose tree | | | | by mistake; instead a red one | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme by mistake=Destination | | 5 | **find out** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the Queen | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lose** | future | gardeners *= gardener* | gardeners's heads | | | | all *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | 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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