--- title: All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, an… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, “Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!” on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off. Who acts: Q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/56/) [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/) / 56 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 56 All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, “Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!” on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off. **Who acts:** Queen, Dormouse, wretched Hatter, Hatter · **What happens:** not leave off, stare, cross, say, bring, tremble · **To what, where:** court, one, list, Dormouse, shoes, singers · **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 (Queen, Dormouse, wretched Hatter, Hatter), 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:pg11:12:56 # text = All this time the Queen had never left off staring at the Hatter, and, just as the Dormouse crossed the court, she said to one of the officers of the court, “Bring me the list of the singers in the last concert!” on which the wretched Hatter trembled so, that he shook both his shoes off. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 Hatter Hatter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 56 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 61 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 63 det:predet _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 64 off off ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave off** | past · perfect | the Queen | | | | time | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stare** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | at the Hatter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hatter=Theme | | 3 | **cross** | past | the Dormouse | the court | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Dormouse | | one of the officers of the court | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the list of the singers in the last concert | Dormouse | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination list=Theme | | 6 | **tremble** | past | the wretched Hatter | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location | | 7 | **shake off** | past | Hatter | Hatter's shoes | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | | 8 | **list** *in a quote* | | | the singers in the last concert | | | | | nom list «communication 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: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/57/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. 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