--- title: The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!”… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!” then the Rabbit’s voice along—“Catch him, you by the hedge!” then silence, and then another confusion of voices—“Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don’t choke him—How was it, old fellow? Who acts: thing, first thing, voice. A sentence of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/91/) [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/) / 91 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 91 The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!” then the Rabbit’s voice along—“Catch him, you by the hedge!” then silence, and then another confusion of voices—“Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don’t choke him—How was it, old fellow? **Who acts:** thing, first thing, voice · **What happens:** hear, be, go, catch, hold up, not choke · **To what, where:** first thing, general chorus, Bill, head, voices · **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 (thing, first thing, voice), 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:pg11:5:91 # text = The first thing she heard was a general chorus of “There goes Bill!” then the Rabbit’s voice along—“Catch him, you by the hedge!” then silence, and then another confusion of voices—“Hold up his head—Brandy now—Don’t choke him—How was it, old fellow? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 chorus chorus NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 14 Bill Bill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Rabbit rabbit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 22 along along ADP IN _ 25 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 — - PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 Brandy Brandy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 51 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 — - PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 54 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 choke choke VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 — - PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | thing | the first thing *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | the first thing | a general chorus and another confusion of voices | | | | the Rabbit's voice *nmod* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | the first thing *not said here* | Bill | | there | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bill=Theme | | 4 | **catch** *in a quote* | infinitive | the Rabbit's voice *not said here* | Bill | | | | by the hedge; you *obl*; silence *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **hold up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Bill's head | | | now | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot head=Theme | | 6 | **not** **choke** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | Bill | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | head | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **confuse** | | | voices | | | | | nom confusion «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/92/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/)