--- title: Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incid --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/1/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/1/) / 31 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Opening, sentence 31 Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. **What happens:** serve, class, come, stereotype, eliminate, devise · **To what, where:** old fairy tale, stereotyped genie, newer wonder tales, horrible curdling incidents, fearsome moral, tale This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg55:1:31 # text = Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as “historical” in the children’s library; for the time has come for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 9 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 classed class VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 newer new ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 stereotyped stereotype VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 genie genie NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 eliminated eliminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 together together ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 62 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 57 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 curdling curdling NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 incidents incident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 63 devised devise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 authors author NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 fearsome fearsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 74 det _ _ 74 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | gerund · perfect | | the old fairy tale *not said here* | | | for generations | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for generation=Recipient | | 2 | **class** | may · passive | | the old fairy tale | | | now | historical *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | | | | | time | for a series of newer wonder tales | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stereotype** | participle | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **eliminate** | present · passive | | the stereotyped genie and fairy | | newer wonder tales | | with all horrible curdling incidents; together *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with incident=Instrument | | 6 | **devise** | participle | | all horrible curdling incidents *not said here* | | | | by fairies's authors | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **point** | to-infinitive | | a fearsome moral | each tale | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent moral=Theme to tale=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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/1/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/1/32/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/1/)