The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 64
The woman now called to them that supper was ready, so they gathered around the table and Dorothy ate some delicious porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread, and enjoyed her meal.
Who acts: woman, supper, Dorothy · What happens: call, be, gather, eat, scramble, enjoy · To what, where: supper, shapes, table, delicious porridge, meal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, supper, Dorothy), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 woman | det |
| 2 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ready | nsubj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 called | advmod |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 woman | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | obl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 supper | det |
| 8 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ready | cop |
| 10 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 gathered | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 gathered | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gathered | nsubj |
| 14 | gathered | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ready | parataxis |
| 15 | around | around | ADP | _ | 17 table | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 table | det |
| 17 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gathered | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 ate | cc |
| 19 | Dorothy | Dorothy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ate | nsubj |
| 20 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gathered | conj |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 porridge | det |
| 22 | delicious | delicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 porridge | amod |
| 23 | porridge | porridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ate | obj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 dish | cc |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 dish | det |
| 26 | dish | dish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 porridge | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 eggs | case |
| 28 | scrambled | scramble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 eggs | amod |
| 29 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 dish | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 plate | cc |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 plate | det |
| 32 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 porridge | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 bread | case |
| 34 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 bread | amod |
| 35 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 bread | amod |
| 36 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 plate | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 enjoyed | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 enjoyed | cc |
| 39 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ready | conj |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 meal | nmod:poss |
| 41 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 enjoyed | obj |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 ready | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the woman not said here | that supper | shapes = shape | now | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | ||
| 2 | is | past | the woman | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | gather | past | supper | the table | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | eat | past | Dorothy | some delicious porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porridge=Patient | ||||
| 5 | scramble | participle | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | enjoy | past | the woman not said here | woman's meal | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus |
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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