The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Opening, sentence 31

Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale.

What happens: serve, class, come, stereotype, eliminate, devise · To what, where: old fairy tale, stereotyped genie, newer wonder tales, horrible curdling incidents, fearsome moral, tale

This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	6 tale	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tale	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tale	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fairy	compound
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tale	compound
6	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 classed	nsubj:pass
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 served	punct
8	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 served	aux
9	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tale	acl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 generations	case
11	generations	generation	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 served	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tale	punct
13	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 classed	aux
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 classed	advmod
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 classed	aux:pass
16	classed	class	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 historical	mark
18	“	"	PUNCT	_	19 historical	punct
19	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 classed	xcomp
20	”	"	PUNCT	_	19 historical	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	25 library	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 children	det
23	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 library	nmod:poss
24	’s	's	PART	_	23 children	case
25	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 historical	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 come	punct
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 time	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 time	det
29	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 come	obl
30	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 come	aux
31	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 classed	conj
32	for	for	ADP	_	34 series	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 series	det
34	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 come	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	39 tales	case
36	newer	new	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	39 tales	amod
37	“	"	PUNCT	_	39 tales	punct
38	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 tales	compound
39	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 series	nmod
40	”	"	PUNCT	_	39 tales	punct
41	in	in	ADP	_	42 which	case
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 eliminated	obl
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 genie	det
44	stereotyped	stereotype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 genie	amod
45	genie	genie	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 eliminated	nsubj:pass
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 dwarf	punct
47	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 genie	appos
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 fairy	cc
49	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 genie	conj
50	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 eliminated	aux:pass
51	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 tales	acl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 together	punct
53	together	together	ADV	_	51 eliminated	advmod
54	with	with	ADP	_	62 incidents	case
55	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	62 incidents	det:predet
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 incidents	det
57	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 incidents	amod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 incidents	cc
59	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 curdling	compound
60	-	-	PUNCT	_	59 blood	punct
61	curdling	curdling	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 incidents	compound
62	incidents	incident	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 eliminated	obl
63	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 incidents	acl
64	by	by	ADP	_	66 authors	case
65	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 authors	nmod:poss
66	authors	author	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 devised	obl
67	to	to	PART	_	68 point	mark
68	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 devised	advcl
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 moral	det
70	fearsome	fearsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 moral	amod
71	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 point	obj
72	to	to	ADP	_	74 tale	case
73	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	74 tale	det
74	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 point	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 classed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	gerund · perfect	the old fairy tale not said here			for generations		vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for generation=Recipient
2	class	may · passive	the old fairy tale			now	historical property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	come	present · perfect				time	for a series of newer wonder tales	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stereotype	participle						vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	eliminate	present · passive	the stereotyped genie and fairy		newer wonder tales		with all horrible curdling incidents; together property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with incident=Instrument
6	devise	participle	all horrible curdling incidents not said here				by fairies's authors	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	point	to-infinitive	a fearsome moral	each tale				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moral=Theme to tale=Recipient

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: «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Project Gutenberg book 55 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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