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title: First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics
description: First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get int
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# Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter XII. Alice’s Evidence, sentence 94

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First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that \_would\_ always get into her eyes—and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.

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**Who acts:** Alice, bright eager eyes, that, wandering hair, whole place, little sister · **What happens:** dream, clasp, look up, hear, see, toss · **To what, where:** Alice, tiny hands, tones, wandering hair, eyes, whole place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, bright eager eyes, that, wandering hair), 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:pg11:13:94
# text = First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get into her eyes—and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.
1	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	clasped	clasp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nsubj	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	28	compound:prt	_	_
30	into	into	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	very	very	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	tones	tone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	conj	_	_
45	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	48	nsubj	_	_
46	queer	queer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
47	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	toss	toss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	ccomp	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	advcl	_	_
54	back	back	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	57	amod	_	_
57	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
58	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	61	nsubj	_	_
59	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	_	_	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	acl:relcl	_	_
62	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	63	advmod	_	_
63	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	xcomp	_	_
64	into	into	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	72	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
69	still	still	ADV	RB	_	72	advmod	_	_
70	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	72	mark	_	_
71	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	nsubj	_	_
72	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
74	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
75	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	72	obl	_	_
76	to	to	PART	TO	_	77	mark	_	_
77	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obj	_	_
82	around	around	ADP	IN	_	84	mark	_	_
83	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	84	nmod:poss	_	_
84	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	acl:relcl	_	_
85	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	xcomp	_	_
86	with	with	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
87	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
88	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	amod	_	_
89	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	85	obl	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
91	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	93	nmod:poss	_	_
92	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	93	amod	_	_
93	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	’s	's	PART	POS	_	93	case	_	_
95	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | past | Alice | Alice |  |  |  | of little Alice; first *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clasp** | past · passive |  | the tiny hands |  |  | again | upon Alice's knee | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **look up** | past · progressive | the bright eager eyes |  |  |  |  | into Alice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into her=Theme |
| 4 | **hear** | could | Alice | the tones of Alice's voice |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tone=Stimulus |
| 5 | **see** | infinitive | Alice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **toss** |  | that |  |  |  |  | of Alice's head | tree rules |
| 7 | **keep back** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | the wandering hair |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
| 8 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **\_** | would | the wandering hair |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **get** | infinitive | the wandering hair *not said here* |  |  | Alice's eyes |  | always *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into eye=Destination |
| 11 | **listen** | past | Alice |  |  |  | still |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **seem** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 13 | **listen** | to-infinitive |  | the whole place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **become** | past | the whole place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 15 | **intonate** |  |  | Alice's voice |  |  |  |  | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 16 | **dream** |  | Alice's little sister |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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