--- title: “My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: “My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains.” Who acts: you, that, Scarecrow. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/59/) [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 V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/) / 59 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman, sentence 59 “My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains.” **Who acts:** you, that, Scarecrow · **What happens:** stuff, know, be, go, ask · **To what, where:** head, Oz, Scarecrow This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, that, 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:pg55:7:59 # text = “My head is stuffed with straw, you know, and that is why I am going to Oz to ask him for some brains.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 stuffed stuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 conj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl:relcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Oz Oz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stuff** *in a quote* | present · passive | | My head | | | | with straw | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with straw=Theme | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Scarecrow *= scarecrow* | | | Oz | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to oz=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Scarecrow *= scarecrow* *not said here* | | Scarecrow | | | for some brains | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/60/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/)