The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter II. The Council with the Munchkins, sentence 68
In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.
Who acts: I, witches · What happens: believe, be, leave · To what, where: wizards, civilized countries, witches · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter II. The Council with the Munchkins. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, witches), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 countries | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 countries | det |
| 3 | civilized | civilized | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 countries | amod |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 believe | obl |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 believe | nsubj |
| 6 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 are | expl |
| 8 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 believe | ccomp |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 witches | det |
| 10 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 are | nsubj |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 witches | acl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wizards | punct |
| 13 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 14 wizards | cc |
| 14 | wizards | wizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 believe | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sorceresses | punct |
| 16 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 17 sorceresses | cc |
| 17 | sorceresses | sorceress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wizards | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 magicians | punct |
| 19 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 20 magicians | cc |
| 20 | magicians | magician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 wizards | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present | I | wizards nor sorceresses nor magicians | the civilized countries | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | does | present | no witches | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | no witches not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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