--- title: “I’ve so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, “There… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “I’ve so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, “There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,” and I never understood what it meant till now.” Who acts: Alice, attempts, officers, court. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderla --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/82/) [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/) / 82 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?, sentence 82 “I’ve so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, “There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,” and I never understood what it meant till now.” **Who acts:** Alice, attempts, officers, court · **What happens:** have, read, be, suppress, not understand, mean · **To what, where:** end, newspapers, attempts · **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, attempts, officers, court), 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:pg11:12:82 # text = “I’ve so often read in the newspapers, at the end of trials, “There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,” and I never understood what it meant till now.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 newspapers newspaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 attempts attempt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 applause applause NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 suppressed suppress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 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 , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 till till ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Alice | | | | at the end of trials | | tree rules | | 2 | **read** *in a quote* | participle | Alice *not said here* | | | the newspapers | | often *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** | past | some attempts at applause | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **suppress** | past · passive | the officers of the court | some attempts at applause | | | | immediately *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **mean** *in a quote* | past | court | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/83/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. Who Stole the Tarts?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/12/)