The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XVIII. Away to the South, sentence 43
“Let us call in the soldier with the green whiskers,” he said, “and ask his advice.”
Who acts: us, band · What happens: let, call, say, ask · To what, where: us, soldier, advice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XVIII. Away to the South. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (us, band), 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 Let | punct |
| 2 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 3 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Let | obj |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 soldier | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 soldier | det |
| 7 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 whiskers | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 whiskers | det |
| 10 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 whiskers | amod |
| 11 | whiskers | whisker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 call | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 13 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Let | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 ask | punct |
| 17 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 ask | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 ask | cc |
| 19 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | ccomp |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 advice | nmod:poss |
| 21 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ask | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 ask | punct |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 ask | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | call in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | the soldier | with the green whiskers | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | band | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | band's advice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent advice=Recipient |
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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