--- title: “If any one of them can explain it,” said Alice, (she had grown so l… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “If any one of them can explain it,” said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn’t a bit afraid of interrupting him,) “I’ll give him sixpence. Who acts: one, Alice. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, with it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/60/) [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/) / 60 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 60 “If any one of them can explain it,” said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn’t a bit afraid of interrupting him,) “I’ll give him sixpence. **Who acts:** one, Alice · **What happens:** explain, say, grow, not be, interrupt, 'll · **To what, where:** jury, King, sixpence · **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 (one, Alice), 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:pg11:13:60 # text = “If any one of them can explain it,” said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn’t a bit afraid of interrupting him,) “I’ll give him sixpence. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 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 18 obl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 advcl _ _ 33 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 interrupting interrupt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ll 'll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 sixpence sixpence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | any one of verses | jury | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **grow** | past · perfect | Alice | | | | minute | large *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | Alice | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **interrupt** | gerund | Alice *not said here* | King | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **'ll** *in a quote* | present | Alice | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Alice *not said here* | sixpence | King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sixpence=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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/61/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. 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