Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 9

The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed him, though whether with the purpose of regaining what it had lost, or merely as a friend under the belief that it was again ticking itself, will never be certainly known, for, like slaves to a fixed idea, it was a stupid beast.

Who acts: crocodile, purpose · What happens: be, hear, follow, regain, lose, tick · To what, where: sound, experience, crocodile, stupid beast

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (crocodile, purpose), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crocodile	det
2	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 known	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 those	cop
4	among	among	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 crocodile	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 heard	nsubj
7	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 those	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sound	det
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 followed	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 followed	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 followed	nsubj
13	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 followed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 purpose	punct
16	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 purpose	mark
17	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	20 purpose	mark
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 purpose	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 purpose	det
20	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	obl
21	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 regaining	mark
22	regaining	regain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 purpose	acl
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 lost	obj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 lost	nsubj:pass
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 lost	aux
26	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 regaining	ccomp
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 merely	punct
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 merely	cc
29	merely	merely	ADV	_	7 heard	advmod
30	as	as	ADP	_	32 friend	case
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 friend	det
32	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 merely	obl
33	under	under	ADP	_	35 belief	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 belief	det
35	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 merely	obl
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 ticking	mark
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 ticking	nsubj
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 ticking	aux
39	again	again	ADV	_	40 ticking	advmod
40	ticking	tick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	35 belief	acl
41	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	40 ticking	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 crocodile	punct
43	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	47 known	aux
44	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	47 known	advmod
45	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 known	aux:pass
46	certainly	certainly	ADV	_	47 known	advmod
47	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 slaves	punct
49	for	for	ADP	_	52 slaves	case
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 slaves	punct
51	like	like	ADP	_	52 slaves	case
52	slaves	slave	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 known	obl
53	to	to	ADP	_	56 idea	case
54	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 idea	det
55	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 idea	amod
56	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 slaves	nmod
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 beast	punct
58	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 beast	nsubj
59	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 beast	cop
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 beast	det
61	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 beast	amod
62	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 slaves	conj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 known	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past				among those	tree rules
2	hear	past		the sound		with the purpose; merely property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
3	follow	past	crocodile	experience			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	regain	gerund	the purpose not said here				tree rules
5	lose	past · perfect · passive		crocodile			tree rules
6	tick	past · progressive	crocodile	crocodile	again		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location itself=Theme
7	not know	future · passive		the crocodile		for slaves to a fixed idea and a stupid beast; certainly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus
8	fix	participle					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
9	is a	past	crocodile	a stupid beast			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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