--- title: “Serpent, I say again!” repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued t… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “Serpent, I say again!” repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, “I’ve tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!” Who acts: I, Serpent, nothing. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/85/) [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/) / 85 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter V. Advice from a Caterpillar, sentence 85 “Serpent, I say again!” repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, “I’ve tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!” **Who acts:** I, Serpent, nothing · **What happens:** say, repeat, subdue, add, try, seem · **To what, where:** Serpent, Pigeon, subdued tone, I, hands · **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 (I, Serpent, nothing), 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:pg11:6:85 # text = “Serpent, I say again!” repeated the Pigeon, but in a more subdued tone, and added with a kind of sob, “I’ve tried every way, and nothing seems to suit them!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Pigeon Pigeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 17 subdued subdue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 sob sob NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’ve have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 37 nsubj _ _ 37 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I | Serpent *not said here* | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent serpent=Topic | | 2 | **repeat** | past | Serpent | the Pigeon | | a subdued tone | | | tree rules | | 3 | **subdue** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **add** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | with a kind of sob | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with kind=Co-Patient | | 5 | **try** *in a quote* | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer way=Result | | 6 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | nothing | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **suit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | hands *= hand* | | | | | tree rules | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/6/86/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. 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