--- title: However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caugh… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. Who acts: I, danger, you. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter V. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/93/) [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/) / 93 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman, sentence 93 However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. **Who acts:** I, danger, you · **What happens:** come, forget, not do, catch, think, rust · **To what, where:** this, rainstorm, joints, I, woods, me 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 (I, danger, you), 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:pg55:7:93 # text = However, there came a day when I forgot to do this, and, being caught in a rainstorm, before I thought of the danger my joints had rusted, and I was left to stand in the woods until you came to help me. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rainstorm rainstorm NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 joints joint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 rusted rust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | there | day | however *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 4 | **catch** | gerund · passive | | | | a rainstorm | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | of the danger | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rust** | past · perfect · passive | the danger *not said here* | my joints | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stand** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the woods | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location | | 9 | **come** | past | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/94/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/7/)