The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter IX. The Queen of the Field Mice, sentence 32

“Nothing that I know of,” answered the Woodman; but the Scarecrow, who had been trying to think, but could not because his head was stuffed with straw, said, quickly, “Oh, yes; you can save our friend, the Cowardly Lion, who is asleep in the poppy bed.”

Who acts: Woodman, Scarecrow, you, friend · What happens: know, answer, try, think, not stuff, say · To what, where: that, head, friend, poppy bed · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter IX. The Queen of the Field Mice. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Woodman, Scarecrow, you, friend), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
2	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 answered	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 know	obl
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Nothing	parataxis
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 know	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct
8	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Nothing	punct
9	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Woodman	det
11	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 answered	obj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 said	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 said	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Scarecrow	det
15	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 said	nsubj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 trying	punct
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 trying	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 trying	aux
19	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 trying	aux
20	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 Scarecrow	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 think	mark
22	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 trying	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 stuffed	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	31 stuffed	cc
25	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 stuffed	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	31 stuffed	advmod
27	because	because	SCONJ	_	31 stuffed	mark
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 head	nmod:poss
29	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 stuffed	nsubj
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 stuffed	aux:pass
31	stuffed	stuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 think	ccomp
32	with	with	ADP	_	33 straw	case
33	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 stuffed	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Scarecrow	punct
35	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 answered	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 quickly	punct
37	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	35 said	advmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 save	punct
39	“	"	PUNCT	_	46 save	punct
40	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	46 save	discourse
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 Oh	punct
42	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	40 Oh	discourse
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 Oh	punct
44	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 save	nsubj
45	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	46 save	aux
46	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 said	ccomp
47	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 friend	nmod:poss
48	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 save	obj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 Lion	punct
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 Lion	det
51	Cowardly	cowardly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 Lion	amod
52	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 friend	appos
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 asleep	punct
54	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 asleep	nsubj
55	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 asleep	cop
56	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 friend	acl:relcl
57	in	in	ADP	_	60 bed	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 bed	det
59	poppy	poppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 bed	compound
60	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 asleep	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	46 save	punct
62	”	"	PUNCT	_	46 save	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	the Woodman = woodman	that			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	answer speech: assert	past	the Woodman				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	try	past · perfect · progressive	the Scarecrow				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	think speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Scarecrow not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not stuff	could · passive		Scarecrow's head		with straw	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with straw=Theme
6	say speech: assert	past	the Scarecrow			quickly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	save in a quote	can	you	our friend			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
8	is in a quote	present	our friend		the poppy bed	asleep property	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: «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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