--- title: “I was afraid I should have to stay in the river forever,” he said,… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “I was afraid I should have to stay in the river forever,” he said, “but the kind Stork saved me, and if I ever get any brains I shall find the Stork again and do her some kindness in return.” Who acts: road, kind Stork. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VIII. The --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/53/) [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/) / 53 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field, sentence 53 “I was afraid I should have to stay in the river forever,” he said, “but the kind Stork saved me, and if I ever get any brains I shall find the Stork again and do her some kindness in return.” **Who acts:** road, kind Stork · **What happens:** be, have, stay, say, save, get · **To what, where:** river, road, brains, Stork, kindness, return · **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, kind Stork), 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:pg55:10:53 # text = “I was afraid I should have to stay in the river forever,” he said, “but the kind Stork saved me, and if I ever get any brains I shall find the Stork again and do her some kindness in return.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 ccomp _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 forever forever ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Stork Stork PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | road | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | should | road | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | road *not said here* | | | the river | | forever *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | road | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **save** *in a quote* | past | the kind Stork | road | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | road | any brains | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brain=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | shall | road | the Stork | | | again | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stork=Topic | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | road *not said here* | Stork's kindness | | return | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Eventuality | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/54/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/10/)