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Down the Rabbit-Hole, sentence 74 Which way?”, holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way. **Who acts:** way, Alice, this, one, it · **What happens:** hold, feel, grow, be, find, remain · **To what, where:** hand, top, way, same size, cake, nothing things · **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 (way, Alice, this, one), 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:pg11:2:74 # text = Which way?”, holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way. 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 17 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 18 det _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 quite quite ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 42 generally generally ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nsubj _ _ 46 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 47 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 parataxis _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 much much ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 of of SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 59 expecting expect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 60 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 69 compound _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 68 case _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ SpaceAfter=No 67 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 69 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 parataxis _ _ 76 quite quite ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 xcomp _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 conj _ _ 80 for for ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ _ 82 to to PART TO _ 83 mark _ _ 83 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ _ 84 on on ADP RP _ 83 compound:prt _ _ 85 in in ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 87 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 amod _ _ 88 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** *in a quote* | gerund | which way *not said here* | Alice's hand | | the top of Alice's head | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on top=Location | | 2 | **feel** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | which way *not said here* | which way | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **grow** *in a quote* | past · progressive | way | which way *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Alice | | | | | which way *obl:unmarked*; surprised *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | Alice | the same size | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme size=Attribute | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | generally *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | one | cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 10 | **get** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Alice | | | the way | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into way=Destination | | 11 | **expect** *in a quote* | gerund | the way *not said here* | nothing things | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 12 | **happen** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the way *not said here* | nothing things *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **seem** *in a quote* | past | it | | | | | dull *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 14 | **go on** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the common way | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in way=Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/2/75/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. 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