Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 45

As we shall not see her again, it may be worth mentioning here that all Never birds now build in that shape of nest, with a broad brim on which the youngsters take an airing.

Who acts: we, it, birds, youngsters · What happens: not see, be, mention, build, take · To what, where: Peter, airing, broad brim

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 (we, it, birds, youngsters), 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	As	as	SCONJ	_	5 see	mark
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 worth	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 see	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 worth	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 worth	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 worth	cop
12	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	mentioning	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 worth	csubj
14	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mentioning	advmod
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 build	mark
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 birds	det
17	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 birds	advmod
18	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 build	nsubj
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 build	advmod
20	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mentioning	advcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 shape	case
22	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 shape	det
23	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 build	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 nest	case
25	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 shape	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 brim	punct
27	with	with	ADP	_	30 brim	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 brim	det
29	broad	broad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 brim	amod
30	brim	brim	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mentioning	obl
31	on	on	ADP	_	32 which	case
32	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	35 take	obl
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 youngsters	det
34	youngsters	youngster	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 take	nsubj
35	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 brim	acl:relcl
36	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 airing	det
37	airing	airing	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 take	obj
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 worth	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	shall	we	Peter		again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	is	may	it				worth property	tree rules
3	mention speech: other	gerund			here		with a broad brim	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	build	present	all birds			now	in that shape of nest	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in shape=Attribute
5	take	present	the youngsters	a airing	a broad brim			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent airing=Theme on which=Destination

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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