--- title: Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for,… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a _very_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/20/) [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/) / 20 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 20 Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a \_very\_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” **Who acts:** you, me, that, I, Alice, this · **What happens:** let, see, be, think, learn, not be · **To what, where:** me, several things, \_, knowledge, one, Alice · **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 (you, me, that, I), 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:pg11:2:20 # text = Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—” (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a _very_ good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) “—yes, that’s about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?” 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ _ 9 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 26 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 schoolroom schoolroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 39 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ _ 47 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 csubj _ _ 51 off off ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 57 expl _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 59 det _ _ 59 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 acl _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 still still ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 66 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 over over ADP RP _ 71 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 73 punct _ _ 75 “ " PUNCT `` _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 — - PUNCT : _ 84 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 84 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 79 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 84 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 cop _ _ 81 about about ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 — - PUNCT : _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 but but CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 87 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 89 advmod _ _ 88 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 89 nsubj _ _ 89 wonder wonder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 parataxis _ _ 90 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 96 obj _ _ 91 Latitude latitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nsubj _ _ 92 or or CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 93 Longitude longitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 91 conj _ _ 94 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 95 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 95 ’ve have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 91 acl:relcl _ _ 96 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 89 ccomp _ _ 97 to to ADP IN _ 96 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 98 ? ? PUNCT . _ 89 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 99 ” " PUNCT '' _ 84 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | would | that | | | | | thousand miles *obl:unmarked*; down *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **learn** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Alice | several things of this sort in Alice's lessons in the schoolroom | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 7 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | past | this | a \_ | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **show off** *in a quote* | gerund | | Alice's knowledge | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent knowledge=Recipient | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | showing | no one | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **listen** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | Alice | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | knowledge | good practice | | | still | | tree rules | | 12 | **say over** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | showing *not said here* | knowledge | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 13 | **is** | present | that | | | | | about the right distance | tree rules | | 14 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present | I | | | | then | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 15 | **have** | present | I | Latitude or Longitude *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latitude=Patient | | 16 | **get** | participle | Latitude or Longitude | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/)