--- title: “All right, so far,” said the King, and he went on muttering over th… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “All right, so far,” said the King, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: “‘_We know it to be true_—’ that’s the jury, of course—‘_I gave her one, they gave him two_—’ why, that must be what he did with the tarts, you know—” Who acts: King, We, that, verses. A sentence of «Alice's Adv --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/69/) [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/) / 69 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 69 “All right, so far,” said the King, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: “‘\_We know it to be true\_—’ that’s the jury, of course—‘\_I gave her one, they gave him two\_—’ why, that must be what he did with the tarts, you know—” **Who acts:** King, We, that, verses, you · **What happens:** say, go, mutter, know, be, give · **To what, where:** King, verses, cardboard, jury, one, piece · **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 (King, We, that, verses), 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:pg11:13:69 # text = “All right, so far,” said the King, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: “‘_We know it to be true_—’ that’s the jury, of course—‘_I gave her one, they gave him two_—’ why, that must be what he did with the tarts, you know—” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 ccomp _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 on on SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 muttering mutter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 advcl _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' SYM SYM _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 jury jury NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 — - PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 — - PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' SYM SYM _ 52 obl _ _ 58 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nmod _ _ 61 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 cop _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 obj _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 parataxis _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 tarts tart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 72 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | King | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | King | the verses | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | We | cardboard | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the jury and course | | | | that *nmod* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | past | the King *= king* | one | piece | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient one=Theme | | 8 | **give** *in a quote* | past | verses *= verse* | two | King | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient two=Theme | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | past | King | | | | | with the tarts | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | know *property* | tree rules | 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. - 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