Peter Pan, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP, sentence 62

His dogs thinking him out of the way for a time, discipline instantly relaxed; and they broke into a bacchanalian dance, which brought him to his feet at once, all traces of human weakness gone, as if a bucket of water had passed over him.

Who acts: dogs, bacchanalian dance, traces · What happens: think, break, bring, go, pass · To what, where: Hook, way, bacchanalian dance, feet, bucket

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dogs, bacchanalian dance, traces), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dogs	nmod:poss
2	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 broke	nsubj
3	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dogs	acl
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thinking	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 way	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thinking	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 discipline	punct
13	discipline	discipline	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	conj
14	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	15 relaxed	advmod
15	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 discipline	amod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 broke	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 broke	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 broke	nsubj
19	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	into	into	ADP	_	23 dance	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 dance	det
22	bacchanalian	bacchanalian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 dance	amod
23	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 broke	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 brought	punct
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 brought	nsubj
26	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 dance	acl:relcl
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 brought	obj
28	to	to	ADP	_	30 feet	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 feet	nmod:poss
30	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 brought	obl
31	at	at	ADP	_	32 once	case
32	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	19 broke	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 traces	punct
34	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	35 traces	det
35	traces	trace	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 gone	nsubj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 weakness	case
37	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 weakness	amod
38	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 traces	nmod
39	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 broke	parataxis
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 passed	punct
41	as	as	SCONJ	_	48 passed	mark
42	if	if	SCONJ	_	48 passed	mark
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 bucket	det
44	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 passed	nsubj:pass
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 water	case
46	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 bucket	nmod
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 passed	aux
48	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 gone	conj
49	over	over	ADP	_	50 him	case
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 passed	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 broke	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	gerund	Hook's dogs not said here	Hook	the way for a time and discipline		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
2	break	past	Hook's dogs		a bacchanalian dance		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
3	bring	past	a bacchanalian dance	Hook	Hook's feet		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to foot=Destination
4	go	participle	all traces of human weakness				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	pass a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		a bucket of water		over Hook	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over he=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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