Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 15

It was afterwards whispered among them that on the first night he wore this suit he sat long in the cabin with Hook’s cigar-holder in his mouth and one hand clenched, all but for the forefinger, which he bent and held threateningly aloft like a hook.

Who acts: Wendy, forefinger · What happens: whisper, wear, sit, clench, bend, hold · To what, where: suit, cabin, one hand

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, forefinger), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whispered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 whispered	aux:pass
3	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	4 whispered	advmod
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	among	among	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whispered	obl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 them	nmod:unmarked
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 night	amod
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wore	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wore	nsubj
13	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 whispered	parataxis
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 suit	det
15	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wore	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sat	nsubj
17	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 wore	parataxis
18	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 sat	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 cabin	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cabin	det
21	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sat	obl
22	with	with	ADP	_	27 holder	case
23	Hook	Hook	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 holder	nmod:poss
24	’s	's	PART	_	23 Hook	case
25	cigar	cigar	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 holder	compound
26	-	-	PUNCT	_	25 cigar	punct
27	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sat	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 mouth	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 mouth	nmod:poss
30	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sat	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 clenched	cc
32	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 hand	nummod
33	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 clenched	obl:unmarked
34	clenched	clench	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 sat	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 forefinger	punct
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	40 forefinger	advmod
37	but	but	CCONJ	_	40 forefinger	cc
38	for	for	ADP	_	40 forefinger	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 forefinger	det
40	forefinger	forefinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wore	parataxis
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 bent	punct
42	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 bent	nsubj
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 bent	nsubj
44	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 forefinger	parataxis
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 held	cc
46	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 bent	conj
47	threateningly	threateningly	ADV	_	48 aloft	advmod
48	aloft	aloft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 held	xcomp
49	like	like	ADP	_	51 hook	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 hook	det
51	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 aloft	obl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 whispered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past · passive		suit			among garments = garment; afterwards property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	wear	past	Wendy	this suit		night		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
3	sit	past	Wendy		the cabin		with Hook's cigar holder; in Wendy's mouth; long property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cabin=Location
4	clench	participle	Wendy not said here	one hand				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	bend	past	the forefinger					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	hold	past	the forefinger not said here				aloft property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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