--- title: Then the Mouse says Alice needs a prize too, so the Dodo takes her o… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Mouse says Alice needs a prize too, so the Dodo takes her own thimble and solemnly presents it back to her, and everyone cheers; Alice finds it absurd but keeps a straight face. Who acts: Mouse, Alice, Dodo, everyone. 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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 (Mouse, Alice, Dodo, everyone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:006-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale.lesson:1 # text = Then the Mouse says Alice needs a prize too, so the Dodo takes her own thimble and solemnly presents it back to her, and everyone cheers; Alice finds it absurd but keeps a straight face. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 006-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale.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, R5-strong ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=8:advmod 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Dodo Dodo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=14:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 14 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 thimble thimble NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 presents present VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cheers cheer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ Agree=R3-conj-first|Haiku=14:conj 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 finds find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 absurd absurd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 . . 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Mouse | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **need** | present | Alice | a prize | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prize=Theme | | 3 | **take** | present | the Dodo | Dodo's own thimble | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thimble=Theme | | 4 | **present back** | present | the Dodo *not said here* | prize | Dodo | | | solemnly *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to her=Recipient | | 5 | **cheer** | present | everyone | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **find** | present | Alice | prize | | | | absurd *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 7 | **keep** | present | Alice *not said here* | a straight face | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme | 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:006-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale.lesson:1`. **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, R5-strong ×1, 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 III, part…, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/0/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part…, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/)