--- title: But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the bask… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. Who acts: Scarecrow, it, Lion, spark. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VII. The Jo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/13/) [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 VII. The Journey to the Great Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/) / 13 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz, sentence 13 But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. **Who acts:** Scarecrow, it, Lion, spark · **What happens:** not mind, take, fill, enable, keep away, fear · **To what, where:** Lion, basket, fire, straw · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz» by L. Frank Baum, Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Scarecrow, it, Lion, spark), 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:pg55:9:13 # text = But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Scarecrow Scarecrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 8 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 spark spark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mind** | past · do-support | the Scarecrow | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** | past | it | | Lion | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | the basket | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent basket=Patient | | 4 | **enable** | past | Scarecrow | Lion | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **keep away** | to-infinitive | Scarecrow *not said here* | | | the fire | | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from fire=Eventuality | | 6 | **fear** | past | Lion | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **get** | might | a spark | | | Lion's straw | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into straw=Destination | | 8 | **burn up** | infinitive | a spark *not said here* | Lion | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/)