The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XXII. The Country of the Quadlings, sentence 27
As they passed over the hill the Hammer-Heads yelled with vexation, and shot their heads high in the air, but they could not reach the Winged Monkeys, which carried Dorothy and her comrades safely over the hill and set them down in the beautiful country of the Quadlings.
Who acts: travelers · What happens: pass, yell, shoot, not reach, carry, set down · To what, where: hill, Hammer Heads, heads, Winged Monkeys, Dorothy, travelers
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XXII. The Country of the Quadlings. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (travelers), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 passed | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 passed | nsubj |
| 3 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 hill | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hill | det |
| 6 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passed | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Heads | det |
| 8 | Hammer | Hammer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Heads | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Hammer | punct |
| 10 | Heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hill | nmod |
| 11 | yelled | yell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 Heads | acl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 vexation | case |
| 13 | vexation | vexation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 yelled | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 shot | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 shot | cc |
| 16 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 passed | conj |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 heads | nmod:poss |
| 18 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 shot | obj |
| 19 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 shot | xcomp |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 air | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 air | det |
| 22 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 high | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 reach | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 reach | cc |
| 25 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 reach | nsubj |
| 26 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 reach | aux |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 reach | advmod |
| 28 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 shot | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Monkeys | det |
| 30 | Winged | Winged | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Monkeys | compound |
| 31 | Monkeys | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Plur | 28 reach | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 carried | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 carried | nsubj |
| 34 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 reach | advcl |
| 35 | Dorothy | Dorothy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 carried | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 comrades | cc |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 comrades | nmod:poss |
| 38 | comrades | comrade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 Dorothy | conj |
| 39 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 34 carried | advmod |
| 40 | over | over | ADP | _ | 42 hill | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 hill | det |
| 42 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 carried | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 set | cc |
| 44 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 reach | conj |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 set | obj |
| 46 | down | down | ADP | _ | 44 set | compound:prt |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 country | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 country | det |
| 49 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 country | amod |
| 50 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 set | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Quadlings | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Quadlings | det |
| 53 | Quadlings | quadling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 country | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | travelers = traveler | the hill the Hammer Heads | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over hill=Location | ||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | participle | the Hammer Heads not said here | with vexation | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | shoot | past | travelers = traveler not said here | travelers's heads | high property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | |||
| 4 | not reach | could | travelers = traveler | the Winged Monkeys | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme | ||||
| 5 | carry | past | Dorothy and Monkeys's comrades | the hill | safely property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dorothy=Theme | |||
| 6 | set down | infinitive | travelers = traveler not said here | travelers = traveler | the beautiful country of the Quadlings | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in country=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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