--- title: “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice, and she told her si… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It _was_ a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now ru --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/91/) [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/) / 91 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 91 “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It \_was\_ a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it’s getting late.” **Who acts:** Alice, strange Adventures, sister, dream · **What happens:** have, say, tell, remember, read, finish · **To what, where:** curious dream, sister, leaves, Alice, tea, hers · **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 (Alice, strange Adventures, sister, dream), 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:pg11:13:91 # text = “Oh, I’ve had such a curious dream!” said Alice, and she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, “It _was_ a curious dream, dear, certainly: but now run in to your tea; it’s getting late.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 7 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 27 advmod _ _ 23 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 fixed _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 hers her NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux _ _ 41 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 48 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 “ " PUNCT `` _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 61 punct _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 : : PUNCT : _ 73 punct _ _ 71 but but CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 72 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 73 advmod _ _ 73 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 74 in in ADP RP _ 73 compound:prt _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ; ; PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 82 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 81 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 84 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Alice | such curious dream | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | Alice's sister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient | | 5 | **remember** | could | Alice | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **read** | present · perfect · progressive | all strange Adventures of hers | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **finish** | past · perfect | Alice | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **kiss** | past | Alice's sister | Alice | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | a curious dream | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **run in** *in a quote* | present | Alice *not said here* | | | your tea | now | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tea=Destination | | 12 | **get** *in a quote* | present · progressive | dream | | | | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **adventure** | | | hers | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/92/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/13/)