--- title: And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in b… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, “Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?” Who acts: tinsmiths, girl, you. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/18/) [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 XIII. The Rescue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/) / 18 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIII. The Rescue, sentence 18 And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, “Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?” **Who acts:** tinsmiths, girl, you · **What happens:** come, bring, inquire, straighten out, bend back, solder · **To what, where:** tools, baskets, dents, Tin Woodman, Woodman, shape · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XIII. The Rescue. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tinsmiths, girl, you), 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:pg55:15:18 # text = And when the tinsmiths came, bringing with them all their tools in baskets, she inquired, “Can you straighten out those dents in the Tin Woodman, and bend him back into shape again, and solder him together where he is broken?” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tinsmiths tinsmith NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 baskets basket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 straighten straighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 dents dent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Tin Tin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Woodman Woodman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bend bend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 solder solder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 together together ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the tinsmiths | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | gerund | the tinsmiths *not said here* | tinsmiths's tools | | baskets | | with tinsmiths *= tinsmith* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tool=Theme | | 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | girl | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **straighten out** *in a quote* | can | you | that dents | | the Tin Woodman | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dent=Patient | | 5 | **bend back** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | Woodman | | shape | again | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into shape=Product | | 6 | **solder** *in a quote* | present | | Woodman | | | | together *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **break** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Woodman | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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. 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