Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 7

Peter had already lashed himself to the wheel; but he piped all hands and delivered a short address to them; said he hoped they would do their duty like gallant hearties, but that he knew they were the scum of Rio and the Gold Coast, and if they snapped at him he would tear them.

Who acts: John, tars · What happens: lash, pipe, deliver, say, hope, do · To what, where: John, hands, short address, tars, duty, scum · 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 (John, tars), 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	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lashed	flat
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lashed	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 lashed	advmod
4	lashed	lash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 lashed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 wheel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wheel	det
8	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lashed	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 piped	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 piped	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 piped	nsubj
12	piped	pipe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lashed	conj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 hands	det
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 piped	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 delivered	cc
16	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 piped	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 address	det
18	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 address	amod
19	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 delivered	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 delivered	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 said	punct
23	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 piped	conj
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 hoped	nsubj
25	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 said	ccomp
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 do	nsubj
27	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	28 do	aux
28	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 hoped	ccomp
29	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 duty	nmod:poss
30	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 do	obj
31	like	like	ADP	_	33 hearties	case
32	gallant	gallant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 hearties	amod
33	hearties	hearty	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 do	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 knew	punct
35	but	but	CCONJ	_	38 knew	cc
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 knew	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 knew	nsubj
38	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 piped	parataxis
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 scum	nsubj
40	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 scum	cop
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 scum	det
42	scum	scum	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 knew	ccomp
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 Rio	case
44	Rio	Rio	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 scum	nmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 Coast	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Coast	det
47	Gold	Gold	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 Coast	compound
48	Coast	Coast	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Rio	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 snapped	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 snapped	cc
51	if	if	SCONJ	_	53 snapped	mark
52	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 snapped	nsubj
53	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 piped	conj
54	at	at	ADP	_	55 him	case
55	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 snapped	obl
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 tear	nsubj
57	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 tear	aux
58	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 snapped	ccomp
59	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 tear	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lashed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	lash	past · perfect		John		to the wheel	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to wheel=Co-Patient
2	pipe	past	John	all hands			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
3	deliver	past	John not said here	a short address	tars = tar		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent address=Theme to they=Destination
4	say speech: assert	past	John not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	hope	past	John				vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	do	would	tars = tar	tars's duty		like gallant hearties	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Eventuality
7	know	past	John				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	is a	past	tars = tar	the scum		of Rio and the Gold Coast	tree rules
9	snap a condition, not said to happen	past	tars = tar			at John	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	tear	would	John	tars = tar			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location they=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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