--- title: “What is his sorrow?” she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answere… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “What is his sorrow?” she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the same words as before, “It’s all his fancy, that: he hasn’t got no sorrow, you know. Who acts: sorrow, Gryphon, Turtle, heart. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter IX. The M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/10/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/) / [Chapter IX. The Mock Turtle’s Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/10/) / 77 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IX. The Mock Turtle’s Story, sentence 77 “What is his sorrow?” she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the same words as before, “It’s all his fancy, that: he hasn’t got no sorrow, you know. **Who acts:** sorrow, Gryphon, Turtle, heart · **What happens:** be, ask, answer, not get, know · **To what, where:** sorrow, Gryphon, same words, fancy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter IX. The Mock Turtle’s Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorrow, Gryphon, Turtle, heart), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg11:10:77 # text = “What is his sorrow?” she asked the Gryphon, and the Gryphon answered, very nearly in the same words as before, “It’s all his fancy, that: he hasn’t got no sorrow, you know. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 before before ADV RB _ 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | heart's sorrow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | heart's sorrow | | the Gryphon | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent gryphon=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Gryphon | | | the same words | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Turtle | heart's fancy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | heart | no sorrow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorrow=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Gryphon *= gryphon* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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. **Text:** «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Project Gutenberg book 11 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/10/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/10/78/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX. The Mock Turtle’s Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/10/)