--- title: But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that the… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz · tree and pragmatics description: But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. Who acts: arms, two, Kalidahs, Lion. A sentence of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/65/) [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/) / 65 # The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz, sentence 65 But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. **Who acts:** arms, two, Kalidahs, Lion · **What happens:** see, be, remember, rush, cross, turn · **To what, where:** tree · **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 (arms, two, Kalidahs, Lion), 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:pg55:9:65 # text = But, seeing they were bigger than the Lion, and remembering that there were two of them and only one of him, the Kalidahs again rushed forward, and the Lion crossed over the tree and turned to see what they would do next. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Kalidahs Kalidahs PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 forward forward ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 next next ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | arms *= arm* | | | | | than the Lion; big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **remember** | gerund | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | two of arms | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush** | past | the Kalidahs | | | | again | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cross** | past | the Lion | | | the tree | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over tree=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **turn** | past | the Lion *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Lion *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** | would | arms *= arm* | | | | | next *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/66/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg55/9/)