--- title: “You promised to tell me your history, you know,” said Alice, “and w… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “You promised to tell me your history, you know,” said Alice, “and why it is you hate—C and D,” she added in a whisper, half afraid that it would be offended again. Who acts: You, Alice, history. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter III. A Caucus-Race and a Long --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/54/) [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/) / 54 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter III. A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale, sentence 54 “You promised to tell me your history, you know,” said Alice, “and why it is you hate—C and D,” she added in a whisper, half afraid that it would be offended again. **Who acts:** You, Alice, history · **What happens:** promise, tell, know, say, be, add · **To what, where:** history, Alice, whisper · **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 (You, Alice, history), 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:pg11:4:54 # text = “You promised to tell me your history, you know,” said Alice, “and why it is you hate—C and D,” she added in a whisper, half afraid that it would be offended again. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 C C PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 D D PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 whisper whisper NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 34 conj _ _ 37 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 offended offend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | your history | Alice | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient history=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | history | | | | | C and D *obl*; hate *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | a whisper and half | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **offend** | would · passive | | history | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/4/55/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. 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