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title: Alice remembers stories of children who were burnt or eaten by wild… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall… · tree and pragmatics
description: Alice remembers stories of children who were burnt or eaten by wild beasts because they forgot simple rules, so she checks the bottle is not marked "poison"; one rule she remembers is that if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison", "it is almost certain to disagree with you" (make you ill). Wh
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# Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME, sentence 13

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Alice remembers stories of children who were burnt or eaten by wild beasts because they forgot simple rules, so she checks the bottle is not marked "poison"; one rule she remembers is that if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison", "it is almost certain to disagree with you" (make you ill).

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**Who acts:** Alice, stories, you, bottle, it · **What happens:** remember, burn, eat, forget, check, not mark · **To what, where:** stories, children, simple rules, bottle, one rule, much · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME» 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 (Alice, stories, you, bottle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:books:002-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door.lesson:13
# text = Alice remembers stories of children who were burnt or eaten by wild beasts because they forgot simple rules, so she checks the bottle is not marked "poison"; one rule she remembers is that if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison", "it is almost certain to disagree with you" (make you ill).
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = books
# lesson = 002-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door.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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×5, R8-pos-agree ×1
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=8:cop
8	burnt	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=5:acl:relcl|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:agent	_	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
17	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
27	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	ccomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=22:conj
28	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	_
29	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=27:obj
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nummod	_	_
33	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
34	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	remembers	remember	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
38	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	advcl	_	_
41	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	obj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=40:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
42	from	from	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	acl	_	_
46	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
47	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
48	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	54	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=40:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
52	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
53	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	ccomp	_	_
55	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	xcomp	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	_
59	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	56	punct	_	_
60	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	61	punct	_	_
61	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	54	parataxis	_	_
62	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	_
63	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	xcomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=61:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
64	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	61	punct	_	_
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | Alice | stories of children |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **burn** | past · passive |  | children |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **forget** | past | stories *= story* | simple rules |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **check** | present | Alice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **mark** | present · passive |  | the bottle |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
| 7 | **remember** | present | Alice | one rule |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 8 | **drink** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | much |  | a bottle |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |
| 9 | **mark** | participle | a bottle *not said here* | poison |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Destination |
| 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  |  | almost, certain *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **disagree** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with you | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent |
| 12 | **make** | infinitive |  | you |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

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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.

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**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:002-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door.lesson:13`.

**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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×5, 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/).

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