--- title: The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalid… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise. Who acts: Lion, Dorothy, Scarecrow, fierce beast --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/64/) [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/) / 64 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz, sentence 64 The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise. **Who acts:** Lion, Dorothy, Scarecrow, fierce beasts · **What happens:** be, turn, face, give, scream, fall over · **To what, where:** Kalidahs, roar, surprise 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, Dorothy, Scarecrow, fierce beasts), 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:pg55:9:64 # text = The Lion, although he was certainly afraid, turned to face the Kalidahs, and then he gave so loud and terrible a roar that Dorothy screamed and the Scarecrow fell over backward, while even the fierce beasts stopped short and looked at him in surprise. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 although although SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Kalidahs Kalidahs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 screamed scream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 backward backward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 42 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 45 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Lion | | | | | afraid, certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | participle | the Lion *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **face** | to-infinitive | the Lion *not said here* | | the Kalidahs | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kalidahs=Destination | | 4 | **give** | past | Lion | a roar | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roar=Theme | | 5 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | Dorothy | a roar | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 6 | **fall over** | past | the Scarecrow | | | | | backward *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stop** | past | the fierce beasts | | | | | short *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **look** | past | the fierce beasts *not said here* | | | surprise | | at beast | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/65/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/)