--- title: “That _was_ a narrow escape!” said Alice, a good deal frightened at… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “That _was_ a narrow escape!” said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; “and now for the garden!” and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/53/) [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/) / 53 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 53 “That \_was\_ a narrow escape!” said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; “and now for the garden!” and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, “and things are worse than ever,” thought the poor child, “for I never was so small as this before, never! **Who acts:** \_, narrow escape, Alice, little golden key, things, poor child · **What happens:** be, say, frighten, find, run, shut · **To what, where:** narrow escape, good deal, sudden change, Alice, existence, little door · **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 (\_, narrow escape, Alice, little golden key), 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:pg11:3:53 # text = “That _was_ a narrow escape!” said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; “and now for the garden!” and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, “and things are worse than ever,” thought the poor child, “for I never was so small as this before, never! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 17 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! 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PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 62 again again ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 66 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 advcl _ _ 71 on on ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 as as ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 before before ADV RB _ 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 “ " PUNCT `` _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 80 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nsubj _ _ 81 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 82 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 70 advmod _ _ 83 than than ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ” " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 87 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 89 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 amod _ _ 90 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 92 “ " PUNCT `` _ 98 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 93 for for SCONJ IN _ 96 mark _ _ 94 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 96 nsubj _ _ 95 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 96 advmod _ _ 96 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 98 cop _ _ 97 so so ADV RB _ 98 advmod _ _ 98 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 ccomp _ _ 99 as as ADP IN _ 100 case _ _ 100 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 98 obl _ _ 101 before before ADV RB _ 98 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 102 , , PUNCT , _ 98 punct _ _ 103 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 87 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 104 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that \_ | a narrow escape | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | a narrow escape | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **frighten** | participle | | a good deal *not said here* | | the sudden change | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | a narrow escape *not said here* | Alice | | existence | still | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 5 | **run** | past | Alice | | | | | with all speed; to the little door *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to door=Result | | 6 | **shut** | past · passive | | the little door | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **lie** | past · progressive | the little golden key | | | the glass table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | things | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past | the poor child | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | as this; before, small *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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/54/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. The Pool of Tears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/)