--- title: “We wish to pass the night with you, if you will allow us,” answered… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “We wish to pass the night with you, if you will allow us,” answered Dorothy; “and the Lion is my friend and comrade, and would not hurt you for the world.” Who acts: We, you, Dorothy, Lion. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, with its de --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/22/) [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/) / 22 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 22 “We wish to pass the night with you, if you will allow us,” answered Dorothy; “and the Lion is my friend and comrade, and would not hurt you for the world.” **Who acts:** We, you, Dorothy, Lion · **What happens:** wish, pass, allow, answer, be, not hurt · **To what, where:** us, friend, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (We, you, Dorothy, 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:pg55:12:22 # text = “We wish to pass the night with you, if you will allow us,” answered Dorothy; “and the Lion is my friend and comrade, and would not hurt you for the world.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | We | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **pass** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | night | with you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | us | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Dorothy | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Lion | my friend and comrade | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **hurt** *in a quote* | would | the Lion *not said here* | you | | | | for the world | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/23/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/)