--- title: Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last tur… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I am older than you, and must know better;” and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said. Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/3/) [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 III. A Caucus-Race and a Long…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/) / 3 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, sentence 3 Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I am older than you, and must know better;” and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said. **Who acts:** Alice, long argument, argument, Lory positively, age, more · **What happens:** have, turn, say, be, know, not allow · **To what, where:** long argument · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alice, long argument, argument, Lory positively), 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:pg11:4:3 # text = Indeed, she had quite a long argument with the Lory, who at last turned sulky, and would only say, “I am older than you, and must know better;” and this Alice would not allow without knowing how old it was, and, as the Lory positively refused to tell its age, there was no more to be said. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Lory Lory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 17 sulky sulky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 parataxis _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 34 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 43 without without SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 46 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 ccomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 Lory Lory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 positively positively PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 63 expl _ _ 63 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 ccomp _ _ 64 no no ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 63 nsubj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Alice | quite long argument | | | | with the Lory; indeed *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Patient | | 2 | **turn** | participle | quite long argument | | | | | sulky *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | quite long argument *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | quite long argument *= argument* | | | | | than you; old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | must | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **allow** | would | this Alice | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 7 | **know** | gerund | this Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | argument | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **refuse** | past | the Lory positively | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | positively's age | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **be** | past | more | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · passive | more *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/4/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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