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title: “That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,” said… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics
description: “That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,” said the King, rubbing his hands; “so now let the jury—” Who acts: That, we, King. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every cla
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# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 59

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“That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,” said the King, rubbing his hands; “so now let the jury—”

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**Who acts:** That, we, King · **What happens:** be, hear, say, rub, let · **To what, where:** important piece, evidence, hands, jury · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (That, we, King), 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:pg11:13:59
# text = “That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,” said the King, rubbing his hands; “so now let the jury—”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’ve	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
24	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	27	advmod	_	_
27	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	jury	jury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | the important piece |  |  |  | of evidence | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | evidence *not said here* |  |  | yet |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **rub** | gerund | the King *not said here* | King's hands |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the jury |  |  | now |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jury=Theme |

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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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