--- title: The Gryphon says of the Queen: «It's all her fancy, that: they never… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Moc… · tree and pragmatics description: The Gryphon says of the Queen: «It's all her fancy, that: they never executes nobody, you know.» Its grammar is country talk; in standard English: they never execute anybody. Who acts: Gryphon, stories, you, grammar. 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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 (Gryphon, stories, you, grammar), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:018-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2.lesson:12 # text = The Gryphon says of the Queen: «It's all her fancy, that: they never executes nobody, you know.» Its grammar is country talk; in standard English: they never execute anybody. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 018-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2.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): R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Gryphon gryphon 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 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 executes execute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 grammar grammar NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 standard standard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 execute execute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - 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 Gryphon | | | | | of the Queen that | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Gryphon | Queen's fancy | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **execute** *in a quote* | present | stories *= story* | nobody | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | Gryphon's grammar | country talk | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **execute** | present | stories *= story* | anybody | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anybody=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. 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