--- title: It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance; but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very glad to find himself still alive. Who acts: It, Cowardly Lion, Lion. A sentence of «The Wonderful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/1/) [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 X. The Guardian of the Gate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/) / 1 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 1 It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance; but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very glad to find himself still alive. **Who acts:** It, Cowardly Lion, Lion · **What happens:** be, awaken, lie, breathe, open, roll off · **To what, where:** time, poppies, deadly fragrance, eyes, Lion This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, Cowardly Lion, Lion), 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:pg55:12:1 # text = It was some time before the Cowardly Lion awakened, for he had lain among the poppies a long while, breathing in their deadly fragrance; but when he did open his eyes and roll off the truck he was very glad to find himself still alive. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Cowardly Cowardly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 awakened awaken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 poppies poppy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 breathing breathe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 roll roll VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 off off ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 truck truck NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | some time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **awaken** | past | the Cowardly Lion | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past · perfect | Lion | | | the poppies a long while | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among poppy=Location | | 4 | **breathe** | gerund | Lion *not said here* | | | poppies's deadly fragrance | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **open** | past · do-support | Lion | Lion's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 6 | **roll off** | present | Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Lion | | | | | off the truck; glad *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | to-infinitive | Lion *not said here* | Lion | | | | alive *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | 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: [Chapter IX. The Queen of the…, 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/11/71/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/)