Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 9
Then a few sharp orders were given, and they turned the ship round, and nosed her for the mainland.
Who acts: orders · What happens: give, turn, nose · To what, where: few sharp orders, ship, woman
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 (orders), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 given | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 orders | det |
| 3 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 orders | amod |
| 4 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 orders | amod |
| 5 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 given | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 given | aux:pass |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 turned | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 turned | cc |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 turned | nsubj |
| 11 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 given | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ship | det |
| 13 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turned | obj |
| 14 | round | round | ADV | _ | 11 turned | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 nosed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 nosed | cc |
| 17 | nosed | nose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 turned | conj |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 nosed | obj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 mainland | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 mainland | det |
| 21 | mainland | mainland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 nosed | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | a few sharp orders | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | orders = order | the ship | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | |||
| 3 | nose | past | orders = order not said here | woman | for the mainland | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Location for mainland=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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