Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 14

“I—want—you—to—get—into—the—nest,” the bird called, speaking as slowly and distinctly as possible, “and—then—you—can—drift—ashore, but—I—am—too—tired—to—bring—it—any—nearer—so—you—must—try to—swim—to—it.”

Who acts: I, you · What happens: want, get, call, speak, drift, bring · To what, where: you, nest, bird · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
3	—	—	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 want	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	10 get	mark
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
12	into	into	ADP	_	16 nest	case
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 into	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nest	det
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	16 nest	punct
16	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
18	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bird	det
20	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 want	obj
21	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 bird	acl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 speaking	punct
23	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 want	parataxis
24	as	as	ADV	_	25 slowly	advmod
25	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	23 speaking	advmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 distinctly	cc
27	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	23 speaking	conj
28	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 possible	mark
29	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 distinctly	advcl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 drift	punct
31	“	"	PUNCT	_	40 drift	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 you	cc
33	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 you	punct
34	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 you	advmod
35	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 you	punct
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 can	nsubj
37	—	-	PUNCT	_	36 you	punct
38	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 drift	aux
39	—	-	PUNCT	_	40 drift	punct
40	drift	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 speaking	conj
41	—	-	PUNCT	_	42 ashore	punct
42	ashore	ashore	ADV	_	40 drift	advmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 am	punct
44	but	but	CCONJ	_	48 am	cc
45	—	-	PUNCT	_	46 I	punct
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 am	nsubj
47	—	-	PUNCT	_	46 I	punct
48	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	parataxis
49	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
50	too	too	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
51	—	-	PUNCT	_	52 tired	punct
52	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 want	parataxis
53	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
54	to	to	PART	_	4 want	xcomp
55	—	-	PUNCT	_	56 bring	punct
56	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	conj
57	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	obj
59	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
60	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 want	obj
61	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
62	nearer	near	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 want	xcomp
63	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
64	so	so	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
65	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
66	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 want	obj
67	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
68	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 want	parataxis
69	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
70	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
71	to	to	ADP	_	70 try	obl
72	—	-	PUNCT	_	73 swim	punct
73	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	conj
74	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
75	to	to	PART	_	4 want	xcomp
76	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
77	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	obj
78	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
79	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want in a quote		I	you		near property	tree rules
2	get not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here		the nest		vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into nest=Destination
3	call speech: assert	participle		the bird not said here			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	speak speech: other	gerund				slowly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	drift in a quote	can				ashore property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	bring in a quote	infinitive	I not said here				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
7	try not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	you not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	swim in a quote	infinitive	I not said here				vn run-51.3.2-1 «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: «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Project Gutenberg book 16 (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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