--- title: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on th… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/1/) [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 I. Down the Rabbit-Hole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/) / 1 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 1 Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?” **Who acts:** Alice, sister, book, pictures · **What happens:** begin, get, sit, have, do, peep · **To what, where:** nothing, Alice, book, pictures, use · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole. 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, book, pictures), 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:pg11:2:1 # text = Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice “without pictures or conversations?” 1 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 csubj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 advcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 20 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 advmod _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 24 conj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 conversations conversation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 59 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 60 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 61 “ " PUNCT `` _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 without without ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 appos _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 conversations conversation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ? ? PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past · progressive | Alice | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | Alice *not said here* | | | | | by Alice's sister on the bank | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sister=Location | | 4 | **have** | gerund | Alice *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **peep** | past · perfect · passive | | Alice | | the book | | once *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **read** | past · progressive | Alice's sister | the book *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 8 | **have** | past | book | no pictures or conversations in bank | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Patient | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | no pictures or conversations in bank | the use | | | | of a book | tree rules | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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: [The Millennium Fulcrum Editi…, 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/1/13/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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