--- title: “That is a long story,” answered the King, with a winged laugh; “but… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “That is a long story,” answered the King, with a winged laugh; “but as we have a long journey before us, I will pass the time by telling you about it, if you wish.” Who acts: That, long story, we, King. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/16/57/) [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 XIV. The Winged Monkeys](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/16/) / 57 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys, sentence 57 “That is a long story,” answered the King, with a winged laugh; “but as we have a long journey before us, I will pass the time by telling you about it, if you wish.” **Who acts:** That, long story, we, King · **What happens:** be, answer, wing, have, pass, tell · **To what, where:** long story, King, long journey · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, long story, we, King), 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:pg55:16:57 # text = “That is a long story,” answered the King, with a winged laugh; “but as we have a long journey before us, I will pass the time by telling you about it, if you wish.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 by by SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a long story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | a long story | | the King | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | a long journey | | | before us | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient | | 5 | **pass** *in a quote* | future | a long story *= story* | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | a long story *= story* *not said here* | | the King *= king* | | | about story | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient about it=Topic | | 7 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/16/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/16/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/16/)