--- title: So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his j --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/20/) [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/) / 20 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIII. The Rescue, sentence 20 So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever. **Who acts:** tinsmiths, joints, Woodman · **What happens:** set, work, hammer, twist, bend, solder · **To what, where:** Woodman, last 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, joints, Woodman), 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:pg55:15:20 # text = So they set to work in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle and worked for three days and four nights, hammering and twisting and bending and soldering and polishing and pounding at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman, until at last he was straightened out into his old form, and his joints worked as well as ever. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 hammering hammer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 twisting twist VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 soldering solder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 polishing polish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 pounding pound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Tin Tin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Woodman Woodman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 until until SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 straightened straighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 54 out out ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nsubj _ _ 63 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 64 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 63 advmod _ _ 65 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 64 fixed _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | in one of the big yellow rooms of the castle | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in one=Theme | | 3 | **work** | past | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hammer** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **twist** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bend** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **solder** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **polish** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pound** | gerund | tinsmiths *= tinsmith* *not said here* | | | | | at the legs and body and head of the Tin Woodman | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at leg=Patient | | 10 | **straighten out** | past · passive | | Woodman | | last | | into Woodman's old form *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into form=Result | | 11 | **work** | past | Woodman's joints | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as ever=Attribute | | 12 | **form** | | Woodman | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII. The Rescue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/15/)