--- title: “The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “un… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so. Who acts: trial, King, jurymen. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Cha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/3/) [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/) / 3 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 3 “The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—\_all\_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so. **Who acts:** trial, King, jurymen · **What happens:** not proceed, say, be, repeat, look · **To what, where:** grave voice · **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 (trial, King, jurymen), 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:pg11:13:3 # text = “The trial cannot proceed,” said the King in a very grave voice, “until all the jurymen are back in their proper places—_all_,” he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said so. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 until until ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 jurymen juryman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 emphasis emphasis NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 42 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **proceed** *in a quote* | can | the trial | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | a grave voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all jurymen | | | | until jurymen's proper places | | tree rules | | 4 | **repeat** | past | King | | | | | with great emphasis | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with emphasis=Subeventuality | | 5 | **look** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | at Alice; hard *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at alice=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/4/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/)