--- title: The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over t… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. Who acts: judge, Rabbit, King, you. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/6/) [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/) / 6 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 6 The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. **Who acts:** judge, Rabbit, King, you · **What happens:** be, wear, look, want, see, do · **To what, where:** King, crown, wig, judge 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 (judge, Rabbit, King, you), 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:pg11:12:6 # text = The judge, by the way, was the King; and as he wore his crown over the wig, (look at the frontispiece if you want to see how he did it,) he did not look at all comfortable, and it was certainly not becoming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wig wig NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 frontispiece frontispiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obl _ _ 44 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 expl _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 becoming become VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the judge | the King | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | past | Rabbit | Rabbit's crown | | the wig | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 3 | **look** | infinitive | the King | | | | | at the frontispiece | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at frontispiece=Theme | | 4 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **do** | past | Rabbit | judge | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **look** | past · do-support | Rabbit | | | | | at all | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at all=Theme | | 8 | **not** **become** | past · progressive | Rabbit *not said here* | judge | | | | certainly *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **crown** | | Rabbit | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/)