Peter Pan, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP, sentence 93
She flew away with Peter in the frock she had woven from leaves and berries in the Neverland, and her one fear was that he might notice how short it had become; but he never noticed, he had so much to say about himself.
Who acts: Nana, one fear, fear, Peter · What happens: fly away, weave, be, become, not notice, have · To what, where: frock, leaves, much · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nana, one fear, fear, Peter), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 flew | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Peter | case |
| 5 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 frock | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 frock | det |
| 8 | frock | frock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flew | obl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 woven | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 woven | aux |
| 11 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 frock | acl:relcl |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 leaves | case |
| 13 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 woven | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 berries | cc |
| 15 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 leaves | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Neverland | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Neverland | det |
| 18 | Neverland | Neverland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 leaves | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 notice | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 notice | cc |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 fear | nmod:poss |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 fear | nummod |
| 23 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 notice | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 notice | cop |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 notice | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 notice | nsubj |
| 27 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 notice | aux |
| 28 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 flew | conj |
| 29 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 short | advmod |
| 30 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 noticed | parataxis |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 become | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 become | aux |
| 33 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 short | acl:relcl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 noticed | punct |
| 35 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 noticed | cc |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 noticed | nsubj |
| 37 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 38 noticed | advmod |
| 38 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 notice | parataxis |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 had | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 had | nsubj |
| 41 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 noticed | conj |
| 42 | so | so | ADV | _ | 43 much | advmod |
| 43 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 had | obj |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 say | mark |
| 45 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 much | acl |
| 46 | about | about | ADP | _ | 47 himself | case |
| 47 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 say | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly away | past | Nana | the frock | with Peter; away property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in frock=Location | |||
| 2 | weave | past · perfect | Nana | the frock not said here | leaves in the Neverland and berries | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent frock=Product from leaf=Material | |||
| 3 | is | might · past | Nana's one fear | notice property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | become | past · perfect | fear | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | not notice | past | Peter | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | have | past | Peter | much | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | about Peter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | fear | Nana | nom fear «feeling 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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