--- title: “You may not have lived much under the sea—” (“I haven’t,” said Alic… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “You may not have lived much under the sea—” (“I haven’t,” said Alice)—“and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—” (Alice began to say “I once tasted—” but checked herself hastily, and said “No, never”) “—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!” Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/5/) [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 X. The Lobster Quadrille](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/) / 5 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille, sentence 5 “You may not have lived much under the sea—” (“I haven’t,” said Alice)—“and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—” (Alice began to say “I once tasted—” but checked herself hastily, and said “No, never”) “—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!” **Who acts:** You, Alice, I · **What happens:** not live, not have, say, not introduce, begin, taste · **To what, where:** sea, you, Alice, idea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Alice, I), 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:pg11:11:5 # text = “You may not have lived much under the sea—” (“I haven’t,” said Alice)—“and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—” (Alice began to say “I once tasted—” but checked herself hastily, and said “No, never”) “—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 13 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lobster lobster NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 — - PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 37 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 45 advmod _ _ 45 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 59 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 61 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 — - PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 66 obj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 Lobster Lobster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Quadrille Quadrille PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 nmod _ _ 76 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ” " PUNCT '' _ 75 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** *in a quote* | may · perfect | You | | | the sea | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present | Alice | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **introduce** *in a quote* | past · passive | | you | | | | to a lobster; perhaps *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to lobster=Co-Patient | | 5 | **begin** | past | Alice | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **taste** *in a quote* | past | Alice | | | | | once *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **check** | past | I *not said here* | Alice | | | | hastily *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | can | you | no idea | | | | | 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. **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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/6/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. The Lobster Quadrille](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/11/)