--- title: As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air. Who acts: Alice, proper way, hold. A sentence of «Alice's Adve --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/76/) [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/) / 76 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VI. Pig and Pepper, sentence 76 As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air. **Who acts:** Alice, proper way, hold · **What happens:** make out, nurse, be, keep, prevent, carry out · **To what, where:** proper way, way, sort, tight hold, undoing, open air 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 (Alice, proper way, hold), 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:pg11:7:76 # text = As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 nursing nurse VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 twist twist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 45 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 undoing undoing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 46 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 out out ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make out** | past · perfect | Alice | the proper way | | | | soon *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **nurse** | gerund | the proper way *not said here* | way | | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | a sort of knot | | twist *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | infinitive | | tight hold of hold's right ear and left foot | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 5 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | hold's undoing hold | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer undoing=Theme | | 6 | **carry out** | past | Alice | undoing | | the open air | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **sort** | | | knot | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **hold** | | | hold's right ear and left foot | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **undo** | | hold | | | | | | nom undoing «act transitive»: poss=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/7/77/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. 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