--- title: She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited t… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn’t guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself “This is Bill,” she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would hap --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/90/) [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/) / 90 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 90 She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn’t guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself “This is Bill,” she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next. **Who acts:** master, This · **What happens:** draw, wait, hear, not guess, be, scratch · **To what, where:** foot, little animal, chimney, master, Bill, one sharp kick · **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 (master, This), 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:pg11:5:90 # text = She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn’t guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself “This is Bill,” she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 7 down down ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 29 sort sort VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 33 scratching scratch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 scrambling scramble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 conj _ _ 36 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 41 above above ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obl _ _ 49 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 Bill Bill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 58 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 kick kick NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 advcl _ _ 65 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 67 nsubj _ _ 66 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 ccomp _ _ 68 next next ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | master | master's foot | | | | far *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 2 | **wait** | past | master *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | master | a little animal | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **guess** | could | master | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | sort *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **scratch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **scramble** | gerund | | | | the chimney | | about, close *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chimney=Trajectory | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | master *not said here* | | master | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | Bill | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **give** | past | master | one sharp kick | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kick=Theme | | 11 | **wait** | past | master *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | master *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 13 | **happen** | would | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/91/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/)