--- title: “The first thing I’ve got to do,” said Alice to herself, as she wand… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “The first thing I’ve got to do,” said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, “is to grow to my right size again; and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. Who acts: first thing, Alice, second thing. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carrol --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/109/) [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/) / 109 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 109 “The first thing I’ve got to do,” said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, “is to grow to my right size again; and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. **Who acts:** first thing, Alice, second thing · **What happens:** get, do, say, wander, be · **To what, where:** first thing, Alice, wood, lovely garden · **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 (first thing, Alice, second thing), 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:pg11:5:109 # text = “The first thing I’ve got to do,” said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, “is to grow to my right size again; and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ve have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 about about ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the first thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | Alice | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **wander** | past | Alice | | | the wood | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Alice *not said here* | | | | | to my right size; grow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the second thing | | | that lovely garden | | find *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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/110/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. 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