--- title: “It matters a good deal to _me_,” said Alice hastily; “but I’m not l… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “It matters a good deal to _me_,” said Alice hastily; “but I’m not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn’t want _yours_: I don’t like them raw.” Who acts: It, Alice. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, with its d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/109/) [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 V. Advice from a Caterpillar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/) / 109 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, sentence 109 “It matters a good deal to \_me\_,” said Alice hastily; “but I’m not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn’t want \_yours\_: I don’t like them raw.” **Who acts:** It, Alice · **What happens:** matter, \_, say, not look, happen, be · **To what, where:** good deal, Alice, yours, eggs · **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 (It, Alice), 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:pg11:6:109 # text = “It matters a good deal to _me_,” said Alice hastily; “but I’m not looking for eggs, as it happens; and if I was, I shouldn’t want _yours_: I don’t like them raw.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 _ _ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 15 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’m be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 37 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 39 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 raw raw ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **matter** *in a quote* | present | It | a good deal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **\_** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Alice | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alice | | | | | hastily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Alice | | | | | for eggs | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for egg=Theme | | 5 | **happen** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | Alice | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | should | Alice | yours | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot your=Theme | | 8 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Alice | eggs *= egg* | | | | raw *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot they=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/110/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. 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