--- title: This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a m… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, “You’re looking for eggs, I know _that_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you’re a little girl or a serpent?” Who acts: This, Alice, new idea, opportuni --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/108/) [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 V. Advice from a Caterpillar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/) / 108 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, sentence 108 This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, “You’re looking for eggs, I know \_that\_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you’re a little girl or a serpent?” **Who acts:** This, Alice, new idea, opportunity, You · **What happens:** be, give, add, 're, look, know · **To what, where:** new idea, Alice, opportunity, Pigeon, little girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, Alice, new idea, opportunity), 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:pg11:6:108 # text = This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, “You’re looking for eggs, I know _that_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you’re a little girl or a serpent?” 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 6 det:predet _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 quite quite ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Pigeon Pigeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 adding add VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’re 're VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 xcomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 39 _ _ ADP IN _ 40 case _ SpaceAfter=No 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 42 punct _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 43 enough enough ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obj _ _ 47 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 expl _ _ 49 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’re be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | such new idea | Alice | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | Alice | | | | minute | silent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | such new idea | the opportunity | the Pigeon | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pigeon=Recipient opportunity=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: ask* | gerund | the opportunity *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **'re** *in a quote* | past | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | You *not said here* | | | | | for eggs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the opportunity *= opportunity* | | | | | \_ that; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | such new idea | the opportunity *= opportunity* | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | a little girl or a serpent | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot girl=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/109/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/)