Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 57
Something of the strength of character of the man will be seen if we remember how sensitive he was to the opinion of neighbours: this man whose every movement now attracted surprised attention.
Who acts: we, Nana, man · What happens: see, remember, be, attract, move · To what, where: Something, surprised attention · 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 (we, Nana, man), 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 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 seen | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 strength | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 strength | det |
| 4 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Something | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 character | case |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strength | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 man | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 character | nmod |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 seen | aux:pass |
| 12 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 remember | mark |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 remember | nsubj |
| 15 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 seen | advcl |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 sensitive | advmod |
| 17 | sensitive | sensitive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 remember | xcomp |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 opinion | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 opinion | cop |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 opinion | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 opinion | det |
| 22 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 remember | ccomp |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 neighbours | case |
| 24 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 opinion | nmod |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 man | punct |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 man | det |
| 27 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 attracted | nsubj |
| 28 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 30 movement | nmod:poss |
| 29 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 movement | det |
| 30 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 man | nmod |
| 31 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 attracted | advmod |
| 32 | attracted | attract | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 opinion | parataxis |
| 33 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 attention | amod |
| 34 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 attracted | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | future · passive | Something | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | remember a condition, not said to happen | present | we | sensitive property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Nana | to the opinion; of neighbours | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | attract | past | this man this man this man's movement's movement | surprised attention | now | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | |||
| 5 | move | this man this man every movement's movement | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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