--- title: If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to figh… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.” Who acts: elephants, I. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank B --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/8/50/) [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 VI. The Cowardly Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/8/) / 50 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VI. The Cowardly Lion, sentence 50 If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.” **Who acts:** elephants, I · **What happens:** try, fight, run, be, hear, roar · **To what, where:** me, myself, coward, elephants This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VI. The Cowardly Lion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elephants, I), 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:pg55:8:50 # text = If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 elephants elephant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tigers tiger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bears bear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 12 advmod _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 21 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 — - PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’m be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 25 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 coward coward NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 roar roar VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nsubj _ _ 40 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 51 advmod _ _ 49 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 fixed _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the elephants and the tigers and the bears | | | | ever | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the elephants and the tigers and the bears *not said here* | me | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 3 | **run** | should · perfect | I | myself | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | present | I | such coward | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coward=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | present | elephants *= elephant* | me | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 6 | **roar** | infinitive | | | | | | soon *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **try** | present | elephants *= elephant* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **get away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | elephants *= elephant* *not said here* | | | | | from me; away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from i=Source | | 9 | **let** | past | I | elephants *= elephant* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **go** | infinitive | elephants *= elephant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/8/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/8/51/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. The Cowardly Lion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/8/)