--- title: Pat says he is "Digging for apples, yer honour!" ("yer honour" = sir… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck i… · tree and pragmatics description: Pat says he is "Digging for apples, yer honour!" ("yer honour" = sir), which is nonsense, since apples grow on trees; the Rabbit calls him "you goose" (silly), Pat says the thing in the window is "an arm", and the Rabbit orders him to take it away: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" 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("yer honour" = sir), which is nonsense, since apples grow on trees; the Rabbit calls him "you goose" (silly), Pat says the thing in the window is "an arm", and the Rabbit orders him to take it away: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" **Who acts:** Pat, yer honour, apples, Rabbit, thing, Alice · **What happens:** say, dig, be, grow, call, order · **To what, where:** nonsense, trees, Pat, arm, thing, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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 (Pat, yer honour, apples, Rabbit), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:007-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house.lesson:22 # text = Pat says he is "Digging for apples, yer honour!" ("yer honour" = sir), which is nonsense, since apples grow on trees; the Rabbit calls him "you goose" (silly), Pat says the thing in the window is "an arm", and the Rabbit orders him to take it away: "Do as I tell you, you coward!" # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 007-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Pat Pat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 amod _ _ 11 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=14:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 16 yer y ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 19 = = PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 sir sir NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 17 punct _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 since since SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=25:conj 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Rabbit rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=35:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 35 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 compound _ _ 39 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 41 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 42 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ _ 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 42 punct _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 Pat Pat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 " " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ _ 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 orders order VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 away away ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 67 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 68 " " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ _ 69 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 61 parataxis _ _ 70 as as SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 advcl _ _ 73 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 72 iobj _ _ 74 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 75 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj _ _ 76 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 parataxis _ _ 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 76 punct _ _ 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 76 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Pat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dig** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Pat | | | | | for apples | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for apple=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | yer honour and sir and nonsense | nonsense | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | present | apples | | | trees | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location | | 5 | **call** | present | the Rabbit | | Pat | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Pat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the thing in the window | a arm | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **order** | present | the Rabbit | | Pat | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **take away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Rabbit *not said here* | thing | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Alice | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 12 | **coward** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | 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:007-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house.lesson:22`. **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 ×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 IV, part…, 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/21/) - next →: [Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part…, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/23/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/7-alice-ch4-part1-the-rabbits-house/)