Peter Pan, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP, sentence 74

Tootles hated the idea of signing under such a man, but an instinct told him that it would be prudent to lay the responsibility on an absent person; and though a somewhat silly boy, he knew that mothers alone are always willing to be the buffer.

Who acts: Tootles, idea, instinct, somewhat silly boy, mothers · What happens: hate, sign, tell, be, lay, know · To what, where: idea, anon, responsibility, buffer · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Tootles, idea, instinct, somewhat silly boy), 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	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hated	nsubj
2	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hated	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 signing	mark
6	signing	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 idea	acl
7	under	under	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	10 man	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 man	det
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 told	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 told	cc
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 instinct	det
14	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 told	nsubj
15	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hated	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 told	iobj
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 prudent	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 prudent	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 prudent	aux
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 prudent	cop
21	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 told	xcomp
22	to	to	PART	_	23 lay	mark
23	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 prudent	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 responsibility	det
25	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lay	obj
26	on	on	ADP	_	29 person	case
27	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 person	det
28	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 person	amod
29	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 responsibility	nmod
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 knew	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 knew	cc
32	though	though	SCONJ	_	39 knew	mark
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 boy	det
34	somewhat	somewhat	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 boy	compound
35	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 boy	amod
36	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 knew	nsubj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 boy	punct
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 knew	nsubj
39	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hated	parataxis
40	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 willing	mark
41	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 willing	nsubj
42	alone	alone	ADV	_	41 mothers	advmod
43	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 willing	cop
44	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	45 willing	advmod
45	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 knew	ccomp
46	to	to	PART	_	49 buffer	mark
47	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	49 buffer	cop
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 buffer	det
49	buffer	buffer	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 willing	xcomp
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hated	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hate	past	Tootles	the idea			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus
2	sign	gerund	the idea not said here			under such man	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past	a instinct		anon		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	is not said to happen	would	instinct			prudent property	tree rules
5	lay	to-infinitive	instinct not said here	the responsibility		on a absent person	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme on person=Destination
6	know	past	a somewhat silly boy				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	is	present	mothers			always, willing property	tree rules
8	is a	to-infinitive	mothers not said here	the buffer			tree rules

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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