Peter Pan, Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF, sentence 57

We have seen them at the first clang of the weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides.

Who acts: We, clang, arms · What happens: see, turn, be, mouth, appeal, return · To what, where: eyes, first clang, weapons, Peter

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, clang, arms), 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	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 seen	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seen	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 clang	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clang	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 clang	amod
8	clang	clang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 weapons	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 weapons	det
11	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clang	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turned	punct
13	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 weapons	acl
14	as	as	ADP	_	19 figures	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 figures	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 figures	cop
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 figures	case
18	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 figures	compound
19	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 turned	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 mouthed	punct
21	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 mouthed	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 open	punct
23	mouthed	mouth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 figures	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 appealing	punct
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 appealing	advmod
26	appealing	appeal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 mouthed	advcl
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 arms	case
28	outstretched	outstretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 arms	amod
29	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 appealing	obl
30	to	to	ADP	_	31 Peter	case
31	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 appealing	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 return	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 return	cc
34	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 return	nsubj
35	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	parataxis
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 them	case
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 return	obl
38	as	as	ADP	_	40 mouths	case
39	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 mouths	nmod:poss
40	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 return	obl
41	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 mouths	amod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 fall	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 fall	cc
44	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 arms	nmod:poss
45	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 fall	nsubj
46	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 return	conj
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 sides	case
48	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 sides	nmod:poss
49	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 fall	obl
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seen	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect	We	eyes = eye		the first clang of the weapons		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	turn	participle		the weapons not said here				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	clang				as stone figures	tree rules
4	mouth	participle	clang not said here					tree rules
5	appeal	gerund	clang not said here		Peter		with outstretched arms	vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to peter=Experiencer
6	return	present	we		eyes = eye		as eyes's mouths	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to they=Result
7	fall	present	eyes's arms				to eyes's sides	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme
8	clang			the weapons				nom clang «event transitive»: of=patient

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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