--- title: Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzl… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/48/) [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/) / 48 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 48 Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her. **Who acts:** Alice, curious sensation, room · **What happens:** feel, puzzle, make out, begin, grow, think · **To what, where:** curious sensation, Alice, court, second thoughts · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Alice, curious sensation, room), 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:pg11:12:48 # text = Just at this moment Alice felt a very curious sensation, which puzzled her a good deal until she made out what it was: she was beginning to grow larger again, and she thought at first she would get up and leave the court; but on second thoughts she decided to remain where she was as long as there was room for her. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sensation sensation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 puzzled puzzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 51 amod _ _ 51 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 60 advmod _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 as as ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 63 expl _ _ 63 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 64 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj _ _ 65 for for ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | Alice | a curious sensation | | | moment | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensation=Theme | | 2 | **puzzle** | past | a curious sensation | Alice | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer deal=Result | | 3 | **make out** | past | Alice | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **begin** | past · progressive | Alice | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **grow** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | again | large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **get up** | would | Alice | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **leave** | infinitive | Alice *not said here* | the court | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 9 | **decide** | past | Alice | | | second thoughts | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **is** | past | Alice | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **be** | past | room for Alice | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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. **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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/49/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/)