--- title: She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether… — Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · tree and pragmatics description: She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she said to herself “It’s the Ches --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/77/) [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 VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/) / 77 # Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VIII. The Queen’s Croquet-Ground, sentence 77 She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she said to herself “It’s the Cheshire Cat: now I shall have somebody to talk to.” **Who acts:** wonder, appearance · **What happens:** look, wonder, get away, see, notice, puzzle · **To what, where:** curious appearance, air, wonder, appearance, grin, Cheshire Cat · **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 (wonder, appearance), 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:pg11:9:77 # text = She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she said to herself “It’s the Cheshire Cat: now I shall have somebody to talk to.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 wondering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 without without SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 puzzled puzzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 after after SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 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 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 grin grin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 61 obl _ _ 64 “ " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 Cheshire Cheshire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 69 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 : : PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 71 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 74 advmod _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 74 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 75 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 74 obj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 acl _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | wonder | | | | | for some way of escape; about *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | wonder *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **get away** | could | wonder | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | gerund · passive | wonder *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **notice** | past | wonder | a curious appearance | | the air | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer appearance=Stimulus | | 6 | **puzzle** | past | appearance | wonder | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 7 | **watch** | gerund | wonder *not said here* | appearance | | | minute | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **make out** | past | wonder | appearance | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive | wonder *not said here* | a grin | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wonder | | wonder | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | appearance | the Cheshire Cat | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | wonder | somebody | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent somebody=Patient | | 13 | **talk** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | wonder *not said here* | somebody *not said here* | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11/9/78/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. 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