Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 109
He did not know the tune, which was “Home, Sweet Home,” but he knew it was saying, “Come back, Wendy, Wendy, Wendy”; and he cried exultantly, “You will never see Wendy again, lady, for the window is barred!”
Who acts: Wendy, tune, home, You · What happens: not know, be, know, say, come back, cry · To what, where: tune, Home, Wendy, window · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wendy, tune, home, You), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tune | det |
| 6 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Home | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 Home | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Home | cop |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Home | punct |
| 11 | Home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tune | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Sweet | punct |
| 13 | Sweet | Sweet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tune | appos |
| 14 | Home | Home | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Sweet | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 16 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 knew | cc |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 knew | nsubj |
| 19 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 saying | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 saying | aux |
| 22 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 knew | ccomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Come | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 Come | punct |
| 25 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 saying | ccomp |
| 26 | back | back | ADV | _ | 25 Come | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Wendy | punct |
| 28 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Come | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 Wendy | punct |
| 30 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Wendy | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Wendy | punct |
| 32 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Wendy | appos |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 Wendy | punct |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 cried | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 cried | cc |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 cried | nsubj |
| 37 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | parataxis |
| 38 | exultantly | exultantly | ADV | _ | 37 cried | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 see | punct |
| 40 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 see | punct |
| 41 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 see | nsubj |
| 42 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 see | aux |
| 43 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 44 see | advmod |
| 44 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 cried | conj |
| 45 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 see | obj |
| 46 | again | again | ADV | _ | 44 see | advmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 lady | punct |
| 48 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 see | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 barred | punct |
| 50 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 54 barred | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 window | det |
| 52 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 barred | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 barred | aux:pass |
| 54 | barred | bar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 see | ccomp |
| 55 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 54 barred | punct |
| 56 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | past · do-support | Wendy | the tune and Home | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer tune=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | the tune and Home | Home | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | past | Wendy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past · progressive | home | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | come back in a quote | infinitive | Wendy and Wendy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | cry speech: express | past | Wendy | exultantly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | not see in a quote | future | You | Wendy | again | lady obl | tree rules | ||
| 8 | bar in a quote | present · passive | the window | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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