Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 7

By working her wings, in a way she had learned since the nest fell into the water, she was able to some extent to guide her strange craft, but by the time Peter recognised her she was very exhausted.

Who acts: Peter, nest, extent · What happens: work, learn, fall, be, guide, recognise · To what, where: wings, way, water, strange craft, extent

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 (Peter, nest, extent), 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 working	mark
2	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 able	advcl
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 wings	nmod:poss
4	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 working	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 working	obl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 learned	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 learned	aux
11	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 way	acl:relcl
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 fell	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nest	det
14	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	nsubj
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 learned	advcl
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 water	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fell	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 working	punct
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 able	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 able	cop
22	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
23	to	to	PART	_	27 guide	mark
24	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	25 extent	det
25	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 guide	nsubj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 guide	mark
27	guide	guide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 able	advcl
28	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 craft	nmod:poss
29	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 craft	amod
30	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 guide	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 exhausted	punct
32	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 exhausted	cc
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 time	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 time	det
35	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 exhausted	obl
36	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 recognised	nsubj
37	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 time	acl:relcl
38	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 recognised	obj
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 exhausted	nsubj
40	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 exhausted	cop
41	very	very	ADV	_	42 exhausted	advmod
42	exhausted	exhausted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 able	conj
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 able	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund	Peter not said here	Peter's wings	a way			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent wing=Material
2	learn	past · perfect	Peter	a way not said here				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
3	fall	past	the nest				into the water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
4	is	past	Peter				able property	tree rules
5	guide	to-infinitive	some extent	Peter's strange craft				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craft=Theme
6	recognise	past	Peter	extent				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
7	is	past	Peter			time	exhausted property	tree rules
8	craft		Peter					nom craft «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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