--- title: Alice: «that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.» King:… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice'… · tree and pragmatics description: Alice: «that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.» King: «It's the oldest rule in the book.» Alice: «Then it ought to be Number One.» The King turns pale, shuts his note-book and says to the jury, in a low, trembling voice, «Consider your verdict» — the second time he has said it at this --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/25/) [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 XII, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/) / 25 # Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter), sentence 25 Alice: «that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.» King: «It's the oldest rule in the book.» Alice: «Then it ought to be Number One.» The King turns pale, shuts his note-book and says to the jury, in a low, trembling voice, «Consider your verdict» — the second time he has said it at this trial. **Who acts:** that, jury, rule, King · **What happens:** not be, invent, be, turn, shut, say · **To what, where:** regular rule, rule, oldest rule, book, Number, note book · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» 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 (that, jury, rule, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:023-alice-alices-evidence-1.lesson:25 # text = Alice: «that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.» King: «It's the oldest rule in the book.» Alice: «Then it ought to be Number One.» The King turns pale, shuts his note-book and says to the jury, in a low, trembling voice, «Consider your verdict» — the second time he has said it at this trial. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 023-alice-alices-evidence-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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 regular regular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=9:acl:relcl 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 16 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 18 King king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 20 « « PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 21 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 33 « « PUNCT `` _ 1 punct _ _ 34 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 Number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=36:conj 40 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 flat _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 42 » » PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 43 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=45:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 45 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 shuts shut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ _ 52 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=61:det 61 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 amod _ _ 64 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 « « PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ _ 67 Consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 parataxis _ _ 68 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 verdict verdict NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obj _ _ 70 » » PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ 71 — - PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 74 amod _ _ 74 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 appos _ _ 75 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 76 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 77 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 74 acl:relcl _ _ 78 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 at at ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 81 det _ _ 81 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 82 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a regular rule | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **invent** *in a quote* | past | the jury *= jury* | rule | | | now | King *obl* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | rule | the oldest rule | | the book | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Number | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **turn** | present | the King | | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shut** | present | the King *not said here* | King's note book | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent book=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the King *not said here* | | the jury | a low trembling voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to jury=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **tremble** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your verdict | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent verdict=Attribute | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | King | verdict | | this trial | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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:023-alice-alices-evidence-1.lesson:25`. **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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2, 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/). - ← previous: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part…, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/23/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part…, 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/30/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/23-alice-alices-evidence-1/)