--- title: Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little w… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/63/) [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/) / 63 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 63 Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself. **Who acts:** escape, way, mouse · **What happens:** hear, splash about, swim, make out, think, be · **To what, where:** something, pool, walrus, mouse · **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 (escape, way, mouse), 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:pg11:3:63 # text = Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 splashing splash VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 off off ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 xcomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 obl _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 walrus walrus NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 hippopotamus hippopotamus NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 only only ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 ccomp _ _ 60 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 acl:relcl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 65 case _ _ 64 like like ADP IN _ 63 fixed _ _ 65 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | escape | something | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 2 | **splash about** | gerund | | | | the pool | | about *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Location | | 3 | **swim** | past | escape | | | | | near *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make out** | to-infinitive | escape *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | escape | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | must | way | a walrus or hippopotamus | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **remember** | past | escape | | | | then | small *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | escape | | | | | now *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **make out** | past | escape | | | | | soon *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** | past | way | a mouse | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **slip** | past · perfect | a mouse | | | | | in escape | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in herself=Attribute | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/64/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. The Pool of Tears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/)