--- title: “No, I cannot do that,” she replied, “but I will give you my kiss, a… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “No, I cannot do that,” she replied, “but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare injure a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North.” Who acts: girl, one, Witch, my. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. 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Frank Baum, “let Dorothy Go to the City of Emeralds”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, one, Witch, my), 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:pg55:4:15 # text = “No, I cannot do that,” she replied, “but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare injure a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 28 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | girl | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | future | girl | my kiss | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 4 | **dare** *in a quote* | future | no one | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **injure** *in a quote* | infinitive | no one *not said here* | a person | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **kiss** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | the Witch of the North | a person | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 7 | **kiss** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom kiss «act 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/4/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/4/16/) - ↑ back to [“let Dorothy Go to the City of Emeralds”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/4/)