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title: The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then th… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics
description: The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long. Who acts: Lion, jaws, big dog. A sentence of «The Wond
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# The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz, sentence 41

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The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.

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**Who acts:** Lion, jaws, big dog · **What happens:** go back, get, sit down, give, rest, make · **To what, where:** Tin Woodman, beast, great leaps

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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 (Lion, jaws, big dog), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg55:9:41
# text = The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
18	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	down	down	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
33	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	leaps	leap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	advcl	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	panted	pant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
46	like	like	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
51	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	53	aux	_	_
53	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	acl:relcl	_	_
54	too	too	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	53	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | the Lion |  |  |  | time |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | the Lion *not said here* | the Tin Woodman |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woodman=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sit down** | past | jaws *= jaw* |  |  |  | then; moment |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | jaws *= jaw* *not said here* | the beast |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent beast=Recipient chance=Theme |
| 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | jaws *= jaw* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | Lion's great leaps |  |  |  | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary breath=Product |
| 7 | **pant** | past | Lion |  |  |  |  | like a big dog | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **run** | present · perfect · progressive | a big dog |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **leap** |  | Lion |  |  |  |  |  | nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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