--- title: “I’m sure I’m not Ada,” she said, “for her hair goes in such long ri… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “I’m sure I’m not Ada,” she said, “for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Who acts: Ada, hair. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/32/) [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 II. The Pool of Tears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/) / 32 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 32 “I’m sure I’m not Ada,” she said, “for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! **Who acts:** Ada, hair · **What happens:** be, not be, say, go, not go, know · **To what, where:** Ada, such long ringlets, ringlets, sure Mabel, sorts, little · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ada, hair), 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:pg11:3:32 # text = “I’m sure I’m not Ada,” she said, “for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’m be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 8 Ada Ada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ringlets ringlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 ringlets ringlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 Mabel Mabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 oh oh INTJ UH _ 58 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 59 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 62 det:predet _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 very very ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **be** *in a quote* | present | Ada | Ada | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ada=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Ada | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Ada's hair | | | such long ringlets | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ringlet=Location | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Ada | | | ringlets | | at all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ringlet=Location | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | present | Ada | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can | Ada | sure Mabel | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Ada | all sorts of things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sort=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | present | hair | such little | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus | | 10 | **sort** *in a quote* | | | things | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. The Pool of Tears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/)