--- title: “They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubb… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: “They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; “and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—” Who acts: Hare, Dormouse, answer. A sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VII. A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/137/) [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/) / 137 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party, sentence 137 “They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; “and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—” **Who acts:** Hare, Dormouse, answer · **What happens:** learn, draw, go on, yawn, rub, get · **To what, where:** eyes, manner 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 (Hare, Dormouse, answer), 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:pg11:8:137 # text = “They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; “and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 yawning yawn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 rubbing rub VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 conj _ _ 17 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 appos _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 begins begin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 M M NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Hare | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **draw** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Hare *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go on** | past | the Dormouse | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **yawn** | gerund | the Dormouse *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rub** | gerund | the Dormouse *not said here* | answer's eyes | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 6 | **get** | past · progressive | answer | | | | | sleepy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **draw** *in a quote* | past | Hare | all manner of things | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 8 | **begin** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with a M | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with m=Subeventuality | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/138/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/)