--- title: “Oh, I _beg_ your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay,… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, I _beg_ your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/2/) [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 XII. Alice’s Evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/) / 2 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 2 “Oh, I \_beg\_ your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die. **Who acts:** Alice, goldfish, jurymen, your · **What happens:** beg, exclaim, begin, pick up, keep, run · **To what, where:** pardon, tone, jurymen, head, vague sort, jury box · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, goldfish, jurymen, your), 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:pg11:13:2 # text = “Oh, I _beg_ your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 _ _ AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 dismay dismay NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 23 picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 xcomp _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 goldfish goldfish NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 vague vague ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 parataxis _ _ 58 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 57 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 62 back back ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 into into ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 or or CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | | Alice | your pardon | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Alice | | | a tone of great dismay | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **pick up** | gerund | | jurymen *= juryman* | | | again | for the accident; quickly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 5 | **keep** | past | the goldfish | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run** | gerund | the goldfish *not said here* | | | Alice's head | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Trajectory | | 7 | **have** | past | Alice | a vague sort of idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Patient | | 8 | **collect** | must · passive | | jurymen *= juryman* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **put back** | infinitive | | | | the jury box | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **die** | would | jurymen *= juryman* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **pardon** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **intonate** | | | great dismay | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **sort** | | | idea | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/3/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/)