--- title: There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck. Who acts: two golden bands, that, little key, Guardian. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/99/) [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/) / 99 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate, sentence 99 There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck. **Who acts:** two golden bands, that, little key, Guardian · **What happens:** be, fasten, pass, lock, wear · **To what, where:** glasses, back, end, neck 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 (two golden bands, that, little key, Guardian), 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:pg55:12:99 # text = There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 22 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Guardian Guardian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Gates Gate PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 41 around around ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | two golden bands *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fasten** | past | two golden bands | | glasses *= glass* | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to they=Co-Patient | | 3 | **pass** | past | that | | | the back of Guardian's head | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around back=Location | | 4 | **lock** | past · passive | | glasses *= glass* | | | | by a little key; together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | a little key | | | | at the end | of a chain | tree rules | | 6 | **wear** | past | the Guardian of the Gates | the end *not said here* | | gate's neck | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent end=Source | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/100/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/12/)