--- title: At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she hap… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she happened to look into the child’s eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her. Who acts: Witch, soul, little girl, Silver Shoes. A sentence of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/14/120/) [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 XII. The Search for the Wicked…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/14/) / 120 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch, sentence 120 At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she happened to look into the child’s eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her. **Who acts:** Witch, soul, little girl, Silver Shoes · **What happens:** tempt, run away, happen, look, see, be · **To what, where:** Witch, Dorothy · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Witch, soul, little girl, Silver Shoes), 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:pg55:14:120 # text = At first the Witch was tempted to run away from Dorothy; but she happened to look into the child’s eyes and saw how simple the soul behind them was, and that the little girl did not know of the wonderful power the Silver Shoes gave her. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 tempted tempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 26 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 29 behind behind ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Silver Silver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Shoes Shoe PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tempt** | past · passive | | the Witch | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **run away** | to-infinitive | | | | Dorothy | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from dorothy=Trajectory | | 3 | **happen** | past | Witch | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | Witch *not said here* | | | | | into the child's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Witch *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | past | the soul behind Shoes | | | | | simple *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the little girl | | | | | of the wonderful power | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of power=Stimulus | | 8 | **give** | past | the Silver Shoes | | Witch | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/14/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/14/121/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/14/)