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title: At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down up… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics
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# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 89

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At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.

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**Who acts:** Alice, sister, dead leaves · **What happens:** rise up, come, fly down, give, try, beat off · **To what, where:** whole pack, little scream, scream, Alice, bank, dead leaves

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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 (Alice, sister, dead leaves), 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:pg11:13:89
# text = At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her: she gave a little scream, half of fright and half of anger, and tried to beat them off, and found herself lying on the bank, with her head in the lap of her sister, who was gently brushing away some dead leaves that had fluttered down from the trees upon her face.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	scream	scream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	23	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	27	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	off	off	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
42	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	41	obj	_	_
43	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	xcomp	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
59	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
60	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	brushing	brush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	56	acl	_	_
62	away	away	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
63	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	65	det	_	_
64	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	obj	_	_
66	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	68	nsubj	_	_
67	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
68	fluttered	flutter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	65	acl:relcl	_	_
69	down	down	ADP	RP	_	68	compound:prt	_	_
70	from	from	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	obl	_	_
73	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | past |  |  |  | the whole pack |  | into the air | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at pack=Location |
| 2 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | upon Alice; down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location |
| 4 | **give** | past | Alice | a little scream and half of fright and half of anger |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Theme |
| 5 | **try** | past | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **beat off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | scream |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme |
| 7 | **find** | past | Alice *not said here* | Alice |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 8 | **lie** | gerund | Alice *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  | with Alice's head in the lap of Alice's sister | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location |
| 9 | **brush away** | past · progressive | Alice's sister | some dead leaves |  |  |  | away, gently *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |
| 10 | **flutter down** | past · perfect | some dead leaves |  |  | the trees |  | upon Alice's face | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon face=Location |

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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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