The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 9
So, the Lion being fully refreshed, and feeling quite himself again, they all started upon the journey, greatly enjoying the walk through the soft, fresh grass; and it was not long before they reached the road of yellow brick and turned again toward the Emerald City where the Great Oz dwelt.
Who acts: Lion, animals, journey, Great Oz · What happens: be, feel, start, enjoy, not be, reach · To what, where: Lion, walk, soft fresh grass, road, Emerald City
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 (Lion, animals, journey, Great Oz), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 refreshed | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 So | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Lion | det |
| 4 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 refreshed | nsubj |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 refreshed | cop |
| 6 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 7 refreshed | advmod |
| 7 | refreshed | refresh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 feeling | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 feeling | cc |
| 10 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 refreshed | advcl |
| 11 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 12 himself | advmod |
| 12 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 feeling | obl |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 feeling | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 started | punct |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 started | nsubj |
| 16 | all | all | ADV | _ | 17 started | advmod |
| 17 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 refreshed | conj |
| 18 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 20 journey | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 journey | det |
| 20 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 started | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 enjoying | punct |
| 22 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 23 enjoying | advmod |
| 23 | enjoying | enjoy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 started | advcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 walk | det |
| 25 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 enjoying | obj |
| 26 | through | through | ADP | _ | 31 grass | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 grass | det |
| 28 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 grass | amod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 soft | punct |
| 30 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 grass | amod |
| 31 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 enjoying | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 reached | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 long | cc |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 long | nsubj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 long | cop |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 long | advmod |
| 37 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 reached | advmod |
| 38 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 40 reached | mark |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 reached | nsubj |
| 40 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 refreshed | parataxis |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 road | det |
| 42 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 reached | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 brick | case |
| 44 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 brick | amod |
| 45 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 road | nmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 turned | cc |
| 47 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 reached | conj |
| 48 | again | again | ADV | _ | 47 turned | advmod |
| 49 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 52 City | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 City | det |
| 51 | Emerald | Emerald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 City | compound |
| 52 | City | City | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 turned | obl |
| 53 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 57 dwelt | advmod |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 Oz | det |
| 55 | Great | Great | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Oz | flat |
| 56 | Oz | Oz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 dwelt | nsubj |
| 57 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 City | acl:relcl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 refreshed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | the Lion | fully, refresh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | gerund | the Lion not said here | Lion | again | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | start | past | animals = animal | upon the journey; all property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | enjoy | gerund | animals = animal not said here | the walk | the soft fresh grass | greatly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer walk=Stimulus | ||
| 5 | not is | past | journey | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | reach | past | animals = animal | the road of yellow brick | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent road=Theme | ||||
| 7 | turn | past | animals = animal not said here | the Emerald City | again | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme toward city=Trajectory | |||
| 8 | dwell | past | the Great Oz | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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