--- title: “Oh, he will see you,” said the soldier who had taken her message to… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh, he will see you,” said the soldier who had taken her message to the Wizard, “although he does not like to have people ask to see him. Who acts: soldier, people. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XI. The Wonderful City of Oz, with its dependency tree and the pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/13/48/) [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 XI. The Wonderful City of Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/13/) / 48 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XI. The Wonderful City of Oz, sentence 48 “Oh, he will see you,” said the soldier who had taken her message to the Wizard, “although he does not like to have people ask to see him. **Who acts:** soldier, people · **What happens:** see, say, take, not like, have, ask · **To what, where:** you, message, Wizard, people, soldier · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XI. The Wonderful City of Oz. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, people), 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:pg55:13:48 # text = “Oh, he will see you,” said the soldier who had taken her message to the Wizard, “although he does not like to have people ask to see him. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Wizard Wizard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 although although SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | future | soldier | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect | the soldier | girl's message | the Wizard | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to wizard=Destination | | 4 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | soldier | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | soldier *not said here* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | soldier | | | | | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/13/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/13/49/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. The Wonderful City of Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/13/)