The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIII. The Rescue, sentence 43
Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar; and to Dorothy they presented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds; and to the Scarecrow they gave a gold-headed walking stick, to keep him from stumbling; and to the Tin Woodman they offered a silver oil-can, inlaid with gold and set with precious jewels.
Who acts: Winkies · What happens: find, be, go, give, present, stud · To what, where: golden collar, Toto, beautiful bracelet, Dorothy, gold headed walking stick, Scarecrow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XIII. The Rescue. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Winkies), 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 | Finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 gave | advcl |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 determined | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 determined | cop |
| 4 | determined | determined | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Finding | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 determined | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Finding | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Winkies | det |
| 9 | Winkies | Winky | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | Toto | Toto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | iobj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Lion | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Lion | det |
| 14 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Toto | conj |
| 15 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 collar | det |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 collar | det |
| 17 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 collar | amod |
| 18 | collar | collar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 presented | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 presented | cc |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Dorothy | case |
| 22 | Dorothy | Dorothy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 presented | obl |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 presented | nsubj |
| 24 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 gave | conj |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 bracelet | det |
| 26 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 bracelet | amod |
| 27 | bracelet | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 presented | obj |
| 28 | studded | stud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 bracelet | acl |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 diamonds | case |
| 30 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 studded | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 gave | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 gave | cc |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 Scarecrow | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Scarecrow | det |
| 35 | Scarecrow | scarecrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gave | obl |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 gave | nsubj |
| 37 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 presented | conj |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 stick | det |
| 39 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 stick | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 gold | punct |
| 41 | headed | headed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 stick | amod |
| 42 | walking | walking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 stick | compound |
| 43 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 gave | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 keep | punct |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 keep | mark |
| 46 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 gave | advcl |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 keep | obj |
| 48 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 49 stumbling | mark |
| 49 | stumbling | stumble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 keep | advcl |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 offered | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 offered | cc |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 Woodman | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 Woodman | det |
| 54 | Tin | Tin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Woodman | compound |
| 55 | Woodman | Woodman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 offered | obl |
| 56 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 offered | nsubj |
| 57 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 gave | parataxis |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 oil | det |
| 59 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 oil | amod |
| 60 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 can | nsubj |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 oil | punct |
| 62 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 57 offered | advcl |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 inlaid | punct |
| 64 | inlaid | inlay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 offered | conj |
| 65 | with | with | ADP | _ | 66 gold | case |
| 66 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 inlaid | obl |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 set | cc |
| 68 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 64 inlaid | conj |
| 69 | with | with | ADP | _ | 71 jewels | case |
| 70 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 jewels | amod |
| 71 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 set | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | gerund | the Winkies not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Winkies = winky | determined property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | Winkies = winky not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | give | past | the Winkies | each golden collar | Toto and the Lion | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent toto=Recipient collar=Theme | |||
| 5 | present | past | Winkies = winky | a beautiful bracelet | Dorothy | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bracelet=Theme to dorothy=Recipient | |||
| 6 | stud | participle | a beautiful bracelet not said here | with diamonds | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with diamond=Theme | ||||
| 7 | give | past | Winkies = winky | a gold headed walking stick | the Scarecrow | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent stick=Theme to scarecrow=Recipient | |||
| 8 | keep | to-infinitive | Winkies = winky not said here | Scarecrow | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 9 | stumble | gerund | Winkies = winky not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | offer | past | Winkies = winky | the Tin Woodman | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to woodman=Goal | ||||
| 11 | inlay | participle | Winkies = winky not said here | with gold | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | ||||
| 12 | set | infinitive | Winkies = winky not said here | with precious jewels | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with jewel=Instrument |
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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