--- title: When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to h… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, “Let us get to the shore, and then I’ll tell you my history, and you’ll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.” Who acts: Mouse, it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/95/) [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/) / 95 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter II. The Pool of Tears, sentence 95 When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, “Let us get to the shore, and then I’ll tell you my history, and you’ll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.” **Who acts:** Mouse, it, face, Alice, us, you · **What happens:** hear, turn round, swim back, be, think, say · **To what, where:** this, mouse, low trembling voice, us, history, you · **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 (Mouse, it, face, Alice), 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:pg11:3:95 # text = When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, “Let us get to the shore, and then I’ll tell you my history, and you’ll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 quite quite ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 trembling trembling NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 60 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 ccomp _ _ 65 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Mouse | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn round** | past | it | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swim back** | past | | | mouse | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to she=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | terrier's face | | | | | with passion; pale *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | face | | | a low trembling voice | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | to the shore *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to shore=Result | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | face | my history | you | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient history=Topic | | 10 | **understand** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | face | | | | | hate *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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/96/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. The Pool of Tears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/3/)