--- title: The dance: two lines on the sea-shore (seals, turtles, salmon and so… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobs… · tree and pragmatics description: The dance: two lines on the sea-shore (seals, turtles, salmon and so on), clear the jelly-fish out of the way, advance twice, each with a lobster as partner, set to partners, change lobsters, retire. 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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: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:019-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1.lesson:15 # text = The dance: two lines on the sea-shore (seals, turtles, salmon and so on), clear the jelly-fish out of the way, advance twice, each with a lobster as partner, set to partners, change lobsters, retire. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 019-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-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 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 12 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:conj 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 turtles turtle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=10:conj 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 salmon salmon NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=22:punct 22 clear clear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 jelly jelly NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 advance advance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lobster lobster NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 partners partner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 47 lobsters lobster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=47:punct 49 retire retire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **clear** | infinitive | | the jelly fish | | the way | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Theme out way=Source | | 2 | **advance** | infinitive | | | | | | twice *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | | | | | | to partners | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **change** | infinitive | | lobsters | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Patient | | 5 | **retire** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: 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:019-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1.lesson:15`. **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. **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 X, part 1…, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/14/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/16/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/)