The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish, sentence 1

Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

Who acts: they, Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Woodman · What happens: go, see, take, wash, comb, shake · To what, where: Glinda, they, room, face, hair, dust

This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow), 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	Before	before	SCONJ	_	3 went	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	xcomp
6	Glinda	Glinda	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Glinda	punct
8	however	however	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 taken	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	aux:pass
12	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 room	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 room	det
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 taken	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Castle	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Castle	det
18	Castle	Castle	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 room	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 washed	punct
20	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	22 washed	advmod
21	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 washed	nsubj
22	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 Castle	acl:relcl
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 face	nmod:poss
24	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 washed	obj
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 combed	cc
26	combed	comb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 washed	conj
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 hair	nmod:poss
28	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 combed	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 shook	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 shook	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 Lion	det
32	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 shook	nsubj
33	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 taken	conj
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 dust	det
35	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 shook	obj
36	out	out	ADP	_	39 mane	case
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 mane	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 mane	nmod:poss
39	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 shook	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 patted	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 patted	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Scarecrow	det
43	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 patted	nsubj
44	patted	pat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 shook	conj
45	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	44 patted	obj
46	into	into	ADP	_	49 shape	case
47	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 shape	nmod:poss
48	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	49 shape	amod
49	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 patted	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 polished	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 polished	cc
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 Woodman	det
53	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 polished	nsubj
54	polished	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 shook	parataxis
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 tin	nmod:poss
56	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 polished	obj
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 oiled	cc
58	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 polished	conj
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 joints	nmod:poss
60	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	58 oiled	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 taken	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	they				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	to-infinitive	they not said here	Glinda		however property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glinda=Stimulus
3	take	past · passive		they	a room of the Castle		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination
4	wash	past	Dorothy	Dorothy's face			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
5	comb	past	Dorothy not said here	Dorothy's hair			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
6	shake	past	the Lion	the dust	Lion's mane		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dust=Theme out mane=Trajectory
7	pat	past	the Scarecrow	Lion	Lion's best shape		vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Experiencer
8	polish	past	the Woodman	Lion's tin			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tin=Destination
9	oil	past	the Woodman not said here	Lion's joints			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent joint=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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