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title: “Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment ho… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics
description: “Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawlin
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# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 1

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“Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset the week before.

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**Who acts:** Alice, jurymen, moment · **What happens:** cry, forget, grow, jump up, tip, upset on · **To what, where:** flurry, hurry, jury box, jurymen, much, globe

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This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alice, jurymen, moment), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg11:13:1
# text = “Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of her skirt, upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about, reminding her very much of a globe of goldfish she had accidentally upset the week before.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	flurry	flurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
17	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
30	up	up	ADP	RP	_	29	compound:prt	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	34	det:predet	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	hurry	hurry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	advcl	_	_
38	over	over	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	skirt	skirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	upsetting	upset	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	advcl	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	jurymen	juryman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	_
54	on	on	ADP	RP	_	50	compound:prt	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
61	below	below	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
64	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	66	expl	_	_
65	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
67	sprawling	sprawl	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	66	xcomp	_	_
68	about	about	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
70	reminding	remind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	66	advcl	_	_
71	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
72	very	very	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	obj	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	globe	globe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
78	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	_
79	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
80	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
81	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	82	advmod	_	_
82	upset	upset	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	76	acl:relcl	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obl:unmarked	_	_
85	before	before	ADV	RB	_	82	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Alice |  |  | here |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forget** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  | the flurry of the moment |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | past · perfect | Alice |  |  |  | minute |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **jump up** | past | Alice |  |  | such hurry |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hurry=Trajectory |
| 5 | **tip** | past | Alice |  |  | the jury box |  | with the edge of Alice's skirt | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over box=Destination |
| 6 | **upset on** | gerund | Alice *not said here* | all jurymen |  |  |  | to the heads of the crowd | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus juryman=Experiencer |
| 7 | **lay** | present | jurymen *= juryman* |  |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **sprawl** | gerund | jurymen *= juryman* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **remind** *speech: other* | gerund | jurymen *= juryman* *not said here* | Alice's much of a globe of goldfish |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Recipient |
| 10 | **upset** | past · perfect | Alice | a globe of goldfish *not said here* |  |  |  | accidentally, before *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus globe=Experiencer |
| 11 | **flurry** |  | the moment |  |  |  |  |  | nom flurry «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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