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The Queen’s Croquet-Ground, sentence 31 \_” said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rose-tree; for, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children. **Who acts:** Queen, three gardeners, you, gardeners, pattern · **What happens:** say, point, lie, see, be, not tell · **To what, where:** three gardeners, faces, courtiers, gardeners · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» by Lewis Carroll, Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, three gardeners, you, gardeners), 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:pg11:9:31 # text = _” said the Queen, pointing to the three gardeners who were lying round the rose-tree; for, you see, as they were lying on their faces, and the pattern on their backs was the same as the rest of the pack, she could not tell whether they were gardeners, or soldiers, or courtiers, or three of her own children. 1 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 gardeners gardener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 54 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 gardeners gardener NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 or or CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 appos _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 69 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **point** *in a quote* | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | | the three gardeners | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to gardener=Recipient | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the three gardeners | | | | | round the rose tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | past · progressive | gardeners *= gardener* | | | gardeners's faces | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on face=Location | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the pattern on gardeners's backs | | | | | as the rest of the pack; same *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | could | Queen | courtiers | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gardener=Recipient | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | gardeners *= gardener* | gardeners or soldiers | | | | | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/32/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/)