--- title: It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all! Who acts: roof, Alic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/140/) [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 VI. Pig and Pepper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/) / 140 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper, sentence 140 It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all! **Who acts:** roof, Alice · **What happens:** be, not like, go, nibble, raise, walk up · **To what, where:** more, Alice, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (roof, 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:pg11:7:140 # text = It was so large a house, that she did not like to go nearer till she had nibbled some more of the lefthand bit of mushroom, and raised herself to about two feet high: even then she walked up towards it rather timidly, saying to herself “Suppose it should be raving mad after all! 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 nibbled nibble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 lefthand lefthand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 mushroom mushroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 36 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 towards towards ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 rather rather ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 timidly timidly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obl _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux _ _ 56 raving rave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 ccomp _ _ 57 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 xcomp _ _ 58 after after ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | roof | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | Alice | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **nibble** | past · perfect | Alice | some more | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 5 | **raise** | past | roof *not said here* | Alice | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 6 | **walk up** | past | Alice | | | house | then | timidly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards it=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Alice *not said here* | | Alice | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 8 | **suppose** *in a quote* | infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **rave** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should · progressive | roof | | | | | mad *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/141/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/)