The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIII. The Rescue, sentence 8

So they called the yellow Winkies and asked them if they would help to rescue their friends, and the Winkies said that they would be delighted to do all in their power for Dorothy, who had set them free from bondage.

Who acts: friends, Winkies · What happens: call, ask, help, rescue, say, be · To what, where: yellow Winkies, friends, power, bondage · 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 (friends, 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 called	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Winkies	det
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Winkies	amod
6	Winkies	Winky	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	obj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 help	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 help	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 rescue	mark
15	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 help	xcomp
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 friends	nmod:poss
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 rescue	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 said	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 said	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Winkies	det
21	Winkies	winky	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 said	nsubj
22	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 delighted	mark
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 delighted	nsubj
25	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 delighted	aux
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 delighted	cop
27	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 said	advcl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 do	mark
29	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 delighted	advcl
30	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	33 power	det
31	in	in	ADP	_	33 power	case
32	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 power	nmod:poss
33	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 do	obj
34	for	for	ADP	_	35 Dorothy	case
35	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 power	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 set	punct
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 set	nsubj:pass
38	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 set	aux
39	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 power	acl
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 set	obj
41	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 set	xcomp
42	from	from	ADP	_	43 bondage	case
43	bondage	bondage	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 set	obl
44	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	past	friends = friend		the yellow Winkies			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent winky=Recipient
2	ask speech: ask	past	friends = friend not said here		friends = friend			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
3	help a condition, not said to happen	would	friends = friend					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	rescue	to-infinitive	friends = friend not said here	friends's friends				vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
5	say speech: assert	past	the Winkies					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is	would	Winkies = winky				delighted property	tree rules
7	do	to-infinitive	Winkies = winky not said here	friends's power			for Dorothy	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Eventuality
8	set	past · perfect · passive		friends's power		bondage	free property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme they=Destination

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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