--- title: I have been to the Emerald City many times, and it is a beautiful an… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: I have been to the Emerald City many times, and it is a beautiful and wonderful place; but I have never been permitted to see the Great Oz, nor do I know of any living person who has seen him.” Who acts: I, Emerald City, living person. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Cha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/36/) [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/) / 36 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 36 I have been to the Emerald City many times, and it is a beautiful and wonderful place; but I have never been permitted to see the Great Oz, nor do I know of any living person who has seen him.” **Who acts:** I, Emerald City, living person · **What happens:** be, not permit, see, know · **To what, where:** beautiful place, I, Great Oz, person 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 (I, Emerald City, living person), 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:pg55:12:36 # text = I have been to the Emerald City many times, and it is a beautiful and wonderful place; but I have never been permitted to see the Great Oz, nor do I know of any living person who has seen him.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Emerald Emerald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Oz Oz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 33 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | time | to the Emerald City | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Emerald City | a beautiful place | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **permit** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Great Oz | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oz=Stimulus | | 5 | **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | of any living person | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of person=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | present · perfect | any living person | person | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/37/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/)