The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow, sentence 62
An old, pointed blue hat, that had belonged to some Munchkin, was perched on his head, and the rest of the figure was a blue suit of clothes, worn and faded, which had also been stuffed with straw.
Who acts: pointed blue hat, rest · What happens: point, belong, perch, be, wear, fade · To what, where: pointed blue hat, head, blue suit, clothes
This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pointed blue hat, rest), 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 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hat | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pointed | compound |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 old | punct |
| 4 | pointed | point | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 hat | amod |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hat | amod |
| 6 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 perched | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 belonged | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 belonged | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 belonged | aux |
| 10 | belonged | belong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 hat | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Munchkin | case |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 Munchkin | det |
| 13 | Munchkin | Munchkin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 belonged | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hat | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 perched | aux:pass |
| 16 | perched | perch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 head | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 head | nmod:poss |
| 19 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 perched | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 suit | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 suit | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 rest | det |
| 23 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 suit | nsubj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 figure | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 figure | det |
| 26 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rest | nmod |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 suit | cop |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 suit | det |
| 29 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 suit | amod |
| 30 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 perched | parataxis |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 clothes | case |
| 32 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 30 suit | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 worn | punct |
| 34 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 clothes | acl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 faded | cc |
| 36 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 worn | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 stuffed | punct |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 stuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 stuffed | aux |
| 40 | also | also | ADV | _ | 42 stuffed | advmod |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 stuffed | aux:pass |
| 42 | stuffed | stuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 suit | conj |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 straw | case |
| 44 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 stuffed | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 perched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point | participle | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | belong | past · perfect | a pointed blue hat | to some Munchkin | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | perch | past · passive | a pointed blue hat | Kansas's head | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on head=Destination | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | the rest of the figure | a blue suit | of clothes | tree rules | |||
| 5 | wear | participle | clothes not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | fade | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | stuff | past · perfect · passive | a blue suit | with straw | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with straw=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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