--- title: As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being u… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/6/) [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/) / 6 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 6 As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court. **Who acts:** slates, Lizard · **What happens:** recover, be, find, hand back, set, work · **To what, where:** shock, slates, history, anything 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 (slates, Lizard), 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:pg11:13:6 # text = As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset, and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them, they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident, all except the Lizard, who seemed too much overcome to do anything but sit with its mouth open, gazing up into the roof of the court. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 9 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 slates slate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 pencils pencil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 handed hand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 diligently diligently ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 47 except except ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lizard Lizard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 too too ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 overcome overcome X AFX _ 52 xcomp _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 58 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 57 obj _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 conj _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 67 up up ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 into into ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | past · perfect | | | | the shock | | soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from shock=Source | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect · passive | | heads's slates and pencils | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **hand back** | participle | | | slates *= slate* | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to they=Destination | | 5 | **set** | present | slates *= slate* | | | | | except all Lizard | tree rules | | 6 | **work** | to-infinitive | slates *= slate* *not said here* | | | | | diligently *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **write out** | to-infinitive | slates *= slate* *not said here* | a history of the accident | | | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme | | 8 | **seem** | past | all Lizard | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | all Lizard *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 10 | **sit** | infinitive | all Lizard *not said here* | | | | | with Lizard's mouth | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **gaze up** | gerund | all Lizard *not said here* | | | | | into the roof of the court | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into roof=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/7/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. 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