--- title: The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of exe… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Q… · tree and pragmatics description: The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of execution»; Alice asks «What for?», and when the Rabbit asks «Did you say 'What a pity!'?», she says she doesn't think it's at all a pity; the reason is «She boxed the Queen's ears» (boxed someone's ears = hit them on the side of the h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/29/) [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 VIII, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/) / 29 # Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red), sentence 29 The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of execution»; Alice asks «What for?», and when the Rabbit asks «Did you say 'What a pity!'?», she says she doesn't think it's at all a pity; the reason is «She boxed the Queen's ears» (boxed someone's ears = hit them on the side of the head), and Alice gives a little scream of laughter, so the Rabbit whispers «Oh, hush! **Who acts:** White Rabbit, Alice, Rabbit, you, pity, reason · **What happens:** whisper, ask, say, not think, be, box · **To what, where:** pity, ears, little scream, execution · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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 (White Rabbit, Alice, Rabbit, you), 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:29 # text = The White Rabbit whispers that the Duchess is «under sentence of execution»; Alice asks «What for?», and when the Rabbit asks «Did you say 'What a pity!'?», she says she doesn't think it's at all a pity; the reason is «She boxed the Queen's ears» (boxed someone's ears = hit them on the side of the head), and Alice gives a little scream of laughter, so the Rabbit whispers «Oh, hush! # 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): R3-conj-first ×1, R6-punct-agree ×6, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Rabbit rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=4:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 4 whispers whisper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=9:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=4:punct 10 under under ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=4:punct 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 21 ? ? 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PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=17:punct 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 40 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=17:conj 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 49 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 57 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 58 « « PUNCT `` _ 60 punct _ _ 59 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 boxed box VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 's 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 65 » » PUNCT '' _ 60 punct _ _ 66 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 70 punct _ _ 67 boxed box VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 parataxis _ _ 68 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 70 nmod:poss _ _ 69 's 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 71 = = PUNCT : _ 72 punct _ _ 72 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 73 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 on on ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 80 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 60 punct _ _ 81 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 83 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 84 nsubj _ _ 84 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 85 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obj _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod _ _ 90 , , PUNCT , _ 94 punct _ _ 91 so so ADV RB _ 94 advmod _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 nsubj _ _ 94 whispers whisper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 parataxis _ _ 95 « « PUNCT `` _ 94 punct _ _ 96 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 98 discourse _ _ 97 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 98 hush hush NOUN NN Number=Sing 94 parataxis _ _ 99 ! ! 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 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | the White Rabbit | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Rabbit | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | what pity | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pity=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | pity | | | all pity | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the reason | | | | | box *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **box** | participle | | someone's ears | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent | | 10 | **hit** | infinitive | the reason *not said here* | ears *= ear* | | | | on the side of the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Instrument on side=Patient | | 11 | **give** | present | Alice | a little scream of laughter | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Theme | | 12 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | the Rabbit | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **sentence** *in a quote* | | | execution | | | | | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 14 | **scream** | | laughter | | | | | | nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=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:015-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1.lesson:29`. **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, R6-punct-agree ×6, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2. **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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