--- title: She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that s… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, “Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?” when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was ove --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/42/) [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/) / 42 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 42 She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, “Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?” when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over. **Who acts:** bat, thump, Dinah, fall · **What happens:** feel, doze off, begin, dream, walk, say · **To what, where:** hand, bat, truth, thump, heap · **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 (bat, thump, Dinah, fall), 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:pg11:2:42 # text = She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, “Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?” when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 dozing doze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 dream dream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Dinah Dinah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 very very ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 Dinah Dinah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 bat bat NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 51 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ 55 thump thump NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ 57 down down ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 60 upon upon ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 over over ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | bat | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **doze off** | past · progressive | bat | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **begin** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **dream** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **walk** | past · progressive | bat | hand | | hand | | with Dinah | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in hand=Trajectory | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | gerund | thump and thump *not said here* | | bat | | | earnestly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Dinah | the truth | thump and thump *= thump* | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient truth=Topic | | 8 | **eat** *in a quote* | past · do-support | bat | a bat | | | ever | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Patient | | 9 | **come** | past | thump and thump | | | a heap of sticks and dry leaves | | down, suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon heap=Location | | 10 | **is** | past | the fall | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/43/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. Down the Rabbit-Hole](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/)