--- title: “And that’s the jury-box,” thought Alice, “and those twelve creature… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “And that’s the jury-box,” thought Alice, “and those twelve creatures,” (she was obliged to say “creatures,” you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) “I suppose they are the jurors.” Who acts: that, Alice, you, some. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/7/) [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/) / 7 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 7 “And that’s the jury-box,” thought Alice, “and those twelve creatures,” (she was obliged to say “creatures,” you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) “I suppose they are the jurors.” **Who acts:** that, Alice, you, some, birds · **What happens:** be, think, oblige, say, see, suppose · **To what, where:** jury box, Alice, creatures, animals, birds, jurors · **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 (that, Alice, you, some), 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:pg11:12:7 # text = “And that’s the jury-box,” thought Alice, “and those twelve creatures,” (she was obliged to say “creatures,” you see, because some of them were animals, and some were birds,) “I suppose they are the jurors.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 21 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 44 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 jurors juror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the jury box | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Alice and that twelve creatures | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | | Alice | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | creatures and animals | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent creature=Topic | | 5 | **see** | present | you | creatures and animals *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | some | animals | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | past | | some birds | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | some birds | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | birds *= bird* | the jurors | | | | | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/)