Peter Pan, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH, sentence 34

She had always thought children important, however, and the Darlings had become acquainted with her in Kensington Gardens, where she spent most of her spare time peeping into perambulators, and was much hated by careless nursemaids, whom she followed to their homes and complained of to their mistresses.

Who acts: Nana, Darlings, careless nursemaids · What happens: think, become, spend, peep, hate, follow · To what, where: most, careless nursemaids, homes, mistresses

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nana, Darlings, careless nursemaids), 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	4 thought	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thought	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 thought	advmod
4	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 important	nsubj
6	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 however	punct
8	however	however	ADV	_	4 thought	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 become	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 become	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Darlings	det
12	Darlings	darling	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 become	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 become	aux
14	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 thought	conj
15	acquainted	acquainted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 become	xcomp
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 acquainted	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 Gardens	case
19	Kensington	Kensington	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Gardens	compound
20	Gardens	Garden	PROPN	Number=Plur	14 become	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 spent	punct
22	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	24 spent	advmod
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 spent	nsubj
24	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 Gardens	acl:relcl
25	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	24 spent	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	29 time	case
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 time	nmod:poss
28	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 time	amod
29	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 most	nmod
30	peeping	peep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 spent	advcl
31	into	into	ADP	_	32 perambulators	case
32	perambulators	perambulator	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 peeping	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 hated	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 hated	cc
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 hated	aux:pass
36	much	much	ADV	_	37 hated	advmod
37	hated	hate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 thought	conj
38	by	by	ADP	_	40 nursemaids	case
39	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 nursemaids	amod
40	nursemaids	nursemaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 hated	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 followed	punct
42	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 followed	obj
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 followed	nsubj
44	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 nursemaids	acl:relcl
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 homes	case
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 homes	nmod:poss
47	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 followed	obl
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 complained	cc
49	complained	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 hated	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	49 complained	obl
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 mistresses	case
52	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 mistresses	nmod:poss
53	mistresses	mistress	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 complained	obl
54	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · perfect	Nana				always, however property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	past · perfect	the Darlings				acquainted property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	spend	past	Nana	most of Nana's spare time				vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Asset
4	peep	gerund	Nana not said here				into perambulators	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into perambulator=Theme
5	hate	past · passive	careless nursemaids					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
6	follow	past	Nana	careless nursemaids		children's homes		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to home=Trajectory
7	complain speech: other	past	careless nursemaids not said here		children's mistresses			vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mistress=Recipient

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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