Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 97
Oh no. We have written it so, because that was the charming arrangement planned by them before we left the ship; but something must have happened since then, for it is not they who have flown in, it is Peter and Tinker Bell.
Who acts: We, that, something, window · What happens: write, be, plan, leave, happen, not be · To what, where: window, charming arrangement, ship, Peter
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, that, something, window), 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 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 5 written | discourse |
| 2 | no. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 1 Oh | vocative |
| 3 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 written | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 written | aux |
| 5 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 written | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 written | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 arrangement | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 arrangement | mark |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 arrangement | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 arrangement | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 arrangement | det |
| 13 | charming | charming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 arrangement | amod |
| 14 | arrangement | arrangement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 written | parataxis |
| 15 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 arrangement | acl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 them | case |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 planned | obl |
| 18 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 20 left | mark |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 left | nsubj |
| 20 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 planned | advcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ship | det |
| 22 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 left | obj |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 happened | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 happened | cc |
| 25 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 28 happened | nsubj |
| 26 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 happened | aux |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 28 happened | aux |
| 28 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 written | conj |
| 29 | since | since | ADP | _ | 30 then | case |
| 30 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 happened | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 flown | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 flown | mark |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 flown | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 flown | cop |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 flown | advmod |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 flown | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 flown | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 flown | aux |
| 39 | flown | fly | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 happened | conj |
| 40 | in | in | ADV | _ | 39 flown | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Peter | punct |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 Peter | nsubj |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 Peter | cop |
| 44 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 flown | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Bell | cc |
| 46 | Tinker | Tinker | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Bell | compound |
| 47 | Bell | Bell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Peter | conj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 written | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · perfect | We | window | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | that | the charming arrangement | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | plan | participle | the charming arrangement not said here | by room | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | leave | past | we | the ship | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | ||||
| 5 | happen | must · perfect | something | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | not is | present · perfect · passive | window | fly property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | is a | present | window | Peter and Tinker Bell | tree rules |
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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