--- title: There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the right and left as far as they could see; and, besides, they did not dare change the direction of their journey for fear of getting lost. Who acts: way, it, flowers, fear. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/21/29/) [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 XIX. Attacked by the Fighting…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/21/) / 29 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees, sentence 29 There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the right and left as far as they could see; and, besides, they did not dare change the direction of their journey for fear of getting lost. **Who acts:** way, it, flowers, fear · **What happens:** be, go, seem, extend, leave, see · **To what, where:** way, right, direction This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, it, flowers, fear), 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:pg55:21:29 # text = There was no way of going around it, for it seemed to extend to the right and left as far as they could see; and, besides, they did not dare change the direction of their journey for fear of getting lost. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 around around ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 extend extend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 as as ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 besides besides INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 35 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 45 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | gerund | no way *not said here* | | | way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around it=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **extend** | to-infinitive | | | the right | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to right=Recipient | | 5 | **leave** | past | | | | | | far *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | could | flowers *= flower* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | flowers *= flower* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **change** | infinitive | flowers *= flower* *not said here* | the direction of flowers's journey for fear | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient | | 9 | **get** | gerund | fear *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **lose** | participle | fear *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **journey** | | flowers *= flower* | | | | | for fear | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/21/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/21/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/21/)