Peter Pan, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME, sentence 22

There was a fixed rule that they must never hit back at meals, but should refer the matter of dispute to Wendy by raising the right arm politely and saying, “I complain of so-and-so;” but what usually happened was that they forgot to do this or did it too much.

Who acts: fixed rule, Tootles, I, dispute · What happens: be, fix, not hit back, refer, raise, say · To what, where: fixed rule, meals, matter, Wendy, right arm, this · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fixed rule, Tootles, I, dispute), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 hit	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hit	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hit	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 hit	advmod
10	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rule	acl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 hit	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 meals	case
13	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hit	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 refer	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 refer	cc
16	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 refer	aux
17	refer	refer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 matter	det
19	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 refer	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 dispute	case
21	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 matter	nmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 Wendy	case
23	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 refer	obl
24	by	by	SCONJ	_	25 raising	mark
25	raising	raise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 refer	advcl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 arm	det
27	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 arm	amod
28	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 raising	obj
29	politely	politely	ADV	_	25 raising	advmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 saying	cc
31	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 raising	conj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 complain	punct
33	“	"	PUNCT	_	35 complain	punct
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 complain	nsubj
35	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 saying	ccomp
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 so	case
37	so	so	ADV	_	35 complain	obl
38	-	-	PUNCT	_	37 so	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 so	cc
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 and	punct
41	so	so	ADV	_	37 so	conj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct
43	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct
44	but	but	CCONJ	_	47 happened	cc
45	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	47 happened	nsubj
46	usually	usually	ADV	_	47 happened	advmod
47	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	conj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 forgot	cop
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 forgot	mark
50	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 forgot	nsubj
51	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 happened	conj
52	to	to	PART	_	53 do	mark
53	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 forgot	xcomp
54	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	53 do	obj
55	or	or	CCONJ	_	56 did	cc
56	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 forgot	conj
57	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 did	obj
58	too	too	ADV	_	59 much	advmod
59	much	much	ADV	_	56 did	advmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	a fixed rule			there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fix	participle						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	not hit back	must	Tootles = tootle	a fixed rule not said here		meals		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rule=Theme at meal=Destination
4	refer	should		the matter of dispute	Wendy			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to wendy=Recipient
5	raise	gerund		the right arm			politely property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
6	say speech: assert	gerund						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	complain speech: other in a quote	present	I					vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	happen	past					usually property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	is	past	Tootles = tootle				forget property	tree rules
10	not do	to-infinitive	Tootles = tootle not said here	this				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
11	do	past	Tootles = tootle not said here	arm				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
12	matter		dispute					nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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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