--- title: This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she sa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/144/) [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/) / 144 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VII. A Mad Tea-Party, sentence 144 This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. **Who acts:** piece, Alice, Dormouse, neither, least notice, others · **What happens:** be, bear, get up, walk off, fall, take · **To what, where:** great disgust, least notice, others, Dormouse, teapot · **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 (piece, Alice, Dormouse, neither), 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:pg11:8:144 # text = This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and neither of the others took the least notice of her going, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rudeness rudeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Alice Alice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 disgust disgust NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 27 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 34 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 44 advmod _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 51 advmod _ _ 51 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 56 after after ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 : : PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 Dormouse Dormouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 into into ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 teapot teapot NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this piece of rudeness | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | could | Alice | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get up** | past | Alice | | | great disgust | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **walk off** | past | Alice *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fall** | past | the Dormouse | | | | | asleep, instantly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | neither | the least notice | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 7 | **go** | gerund | the least notice *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **look back** | past | Alice | | | | | once *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **hope** | gerund | Alice *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **call** | would | others *= other* | | | | after Alice; time | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **see** | past | Alice | others *= other* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 12 | **try** | past · progressive | others *= other* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 13 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | | the Dormouse | the teapot | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent dormouse=Goal | 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/8/145/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. 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