--- title: “If I eat one of these cakes,” she thought, “it’s sure to make _some… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “If I eat one of these cakes,” she thought, “it’s sure to make _some_ change in my size; and as it can’t possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose.” Who acts: idea, it, _, head. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Lit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/104/) [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 IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Litt…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/) / 104 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 104 “If I eat one of these cakes,” she thought, “it’s sure to make \_some\_ change in my size; and as it can’t possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose.” **Who acts:** idea, it, \_, head · **What happens:** eat, think, be, make, change, not make · **To what, where:** one, size, idea · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (idea, it, \_, head), 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:pg11:5:104 # text = “If I eat one of these cakes,” she thought, “it’s sure to make _some_ change in my size; and as it can’t possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ SpaceAfter=No 22 _ _ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | idea | one of this cakes | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | idea | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **change** *in a quote* | present | some \_ | | | my size | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **make** *in a quote* | can | head | idea | | | | large, possibly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | must | head | idea | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material i=Product | | 8 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | idea | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/105/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. 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