--- title: Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,) “Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!” Who acts: Last, That, Bill, all. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/94/) [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/) / 94 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill, sentence 94 Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,) “Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!” **Who acts:** Last, That, Bill, all · **What happens:** come, squeak, be, think, know, thank · **To what, where:** voice, Bill, Alice, more, ye, deal · **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 (Last, That, Bill, all), 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:pg11:5:94 # text = Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, (“That’s Bill,” thought Alice,) “Well, I hardly know—No more, thank ye; I’m better now—but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!” 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 squeaking squeak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 Bill Bill PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Well well INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 xcomp _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 — - PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 flustered flustered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 — - PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 56 nsubj _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 56 nsubj _ _ 56 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 like like ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 61 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ SpaceAfter=No 64 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 up up ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 71 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 73 like like ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 75 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 76 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 ! ! PUNCT . _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Last | | | | | feeble *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **squeak** | gerund | Last *not said here* | voice | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | Bill | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Bill | Alice | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent alice=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Bill | no more | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | ye | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ye=Theme | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | Bill | | | | now | good *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | Bill | a deal | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deal=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Bill *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Bill | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all | | | | | at Bill; like a box; come *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **go** *in a quote* | present | Bill | | | | | like a sky rocket | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/95/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/5/)