--- title: Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room o… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. Who acts: the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/25/1/) [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 XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/25/) / 1 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish, sentence 1 Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. **Who acts:** they, Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow, Woodman · **What happens:** go, see, take, wash, comb, shake · **To what, where:** Glinda, they, room, face, hair, dust This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, Dorothy, Lion, Scarecrow), 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:pg55:25:1 # text = Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 Glinda Glinda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 however however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 combed comb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Scarecrow Scarecrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 patted pat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 amod _ _ 49 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Woodman Woodman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 polished polish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 oiled oil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | they | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | Glinda | | | | however *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glinda=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | past · passive | | they | | a room of the Castle | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination | | 4 | **wash** | past | Dorothy | Dorothy's face | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 5 | **comb** | past | Dorothy *not said here* | Dorothy's hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 6 | **shake** | past | the Lion | the dust | | Lion's mane | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent dust=Theme out mane=Trajectory | | 7 | **pat** | past | the Scarecrow | Lion | | Lion's best shape | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Experiencer | | 8 | **polish** | past | the Woodman | Lion's tin | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent tin=Destination | | 9 | **oil** | past | the Woodman *not said here* | Lion's joints | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent joint=Destination | 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: [Chapter XXII. The Country of…, 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/24/46/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/25/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/25/)