--- title: “He isn’t heavy a bit,” said Dorothy eagerly, “for he is stuffed wit… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “He isn’t heavy a bit,” said Dorothy eagerly, “for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much.” Who acts: road, Dorothy, you, we. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field, with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/48/) [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/) / [Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/) / 48 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field, sentence 48 “He isn’t heavy a bit,” said Dorothy eagerly, “for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much.” **Who acts:** road, Dorothy, you, we · **What happens:** not be, say, stuff, bring back, thank · **To what, where:** road, us, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (road, Dorothy, you, we), 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:pg55:10:48 # text = “He isn’t heavy a bit,” said Dorothy eagerly, “for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 12 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 conj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | road | | | | | a bit *obl:unmarked*; heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dorothy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stuff** *in a quote* | present · passive | | road | | | | with straw | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with straw=Theme | | 4 | **bring back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | road | us | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to we=Destination | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | shall | we | | you | | ever | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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. - ← previous: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/49/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/)