--- title: The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they a… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/1/) [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 XI. Who Stole the Tarts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/) / 1 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 1 The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other. **Who acts:** King, Knave · **What happens:** seat, arrive, assemble, stand, guard, be · **To what, where:** King, throne, great crowd, chains, Knave, little birds This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Knave), 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:pg11:12:1 # text = The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole pack of cards: the Knave was standing before them, in chains, with a soldier on each side to guard him; and near the King was the White Rabbit, with a trumpet in one hand, and a scroll of parchment in the other. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Hearts Heart PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 20 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 37 cc _ _ 33 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 fixed _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Knave Knave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 56 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 near near ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 Rabbit Rabbit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 appos _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 75 nummod _ _ 75 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 scroll scroll NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 parchment parchment NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 82 in in ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · passive | | the King and Queen of Hearts | | King's throne | | all sorts of little birds and beasts as the whole pack of cards *obl* | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 2 | **arrive** | past | King | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **assemble** | participle | | a great crowd *not said here* | | | | about King | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | the Knave | | | chains | before King | with a soldier on each side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before they=Location | | 5 | **guard** | to-infinitive | the Knave *not said here* | | Knave | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 6 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | near the White Rabbit | tree rules | | 7 | **sort** | | | little birds and beasts | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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: [Chapter X. 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