--- title: “And now which is which?” she said to herself, and nibbled a little… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “And now which is which?” she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot! Who acts: Alice, bit. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter V. Advice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/69/) [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/) / 69 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, sentence 69 “And now which is which?” she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot! **Who acts:** Alice, bit · **What happens:** be, say, nibble, try, feel, strike · **To what, where:** Alice, little hand bit, effect, violent blow, chin, foot · **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 (Alice, bit), 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:pg11:6:69 # text = “And now which is which?” she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 nibbled nibble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 chin chin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | Alice | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 3 | **nibble** | past | | little hand bit | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | | the effect | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality | | 5 | **feel** | past | Alice | a violent blow | | Alice's chin | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent blow=Theme underneath chin=Location | | 6 | **strike** | past · perfect | bit | Alice's foot | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/70/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/)