--- title: Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of li… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: “But why did they live at the bottom of a well?” Who acts: Alice, extraordinary way, way, names. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Cha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/109/) [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 VII. A Mad Tea-Party](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/) / 109 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party, sentence 109 Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: “But why did they live at the bottom of a well?” **Who acts:** Alice, extraordinary way, way, names · **What happens:** try, fancy, live, puzzle, go on · **To what, where:** Alice, bottom · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alice, extraordinary way, way, names), 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:pg11:8:109 # text = Alice tried to fancy to herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much, so she went on: “But why did they live at the bottom of a well?” 1 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 parataxis _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 11 det:predet _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 like like INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 puzzled puzzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 too too ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 But but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 parataxis _ _ 33 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl:relcl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | Alice | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fancy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alice *not said here* | | Alice | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **live** | gerund | such extraordinary way *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **puzzle** | past | way | Alice | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **go on** | past | Alice | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **live** *in a quote* | present | names *= name* | | | the bottom of a well | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location | 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/pg11/8/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/110/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/)