Peter Pan, Chapter II. THE SHADOW, sentence 69
He thought Mrs. Darling was not sufficiently impressed, and he went on sternly, “I warn you of this, mother, that unless this tie is round my neck we don’t go out to dinner to-night, and if I don’t go out to dinner to-night, I never go to the office again, and if I don’t go to the office again, you and I starve, and our children will be flung into the streets.”
Who acts: George, Mrs. Darling, tie, mother · What happens: think, not be, go on, warn, be, not go out · To what, where: mother, you, office, children, streets · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter II. THE SHADOW. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (George, Mrs. Darling, tie, mother), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mrs. | Mrs. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Darling | compound |
| 4 | Darling | Darling | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 impressed | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 impressed | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 impressed | advmod |
| 7 | sufficiently | sufficiently | ADV | _ | 8 impressed | advmod |
| 8 | impressed | impressed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 went | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 went | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 went | nsubj |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | parataxis |
| 13 | on | on | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 14 | sternly | sternly | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 warn | nsubj |
| 18 | warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 went | conj |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 warn | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 this | case |
| 21 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 warn | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 mother | punct |
| 23 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 warn | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 go | punct |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 go | nsubj |
| 26 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 32 neck | mark |
| 27 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 tie | det |
| 28 | tie | tie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 neck | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 neck | cop |
| 30 | round | round | ADP | _ | 32 neck | case |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 neck | nmod:poss |
| 32 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 go | advcl |
| 33 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 go | nsubj |
| 34 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 go | aux |
| 35 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 go | advmod |
| 36 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 mother | acl:relcl |
| 37 | out | out | ADV | _ | 36 go | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 dinner | case |
| 39 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 go | obl |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 night | case |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 to | punct |
| 42 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 go | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 go | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 go | cc |
| 45 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 49 go | mark |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 go | nsubj |
| 47 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 go | aux |
| 48 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 go | advmod |
| 49 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 warn | parataxis |
| 50 | out | out | ADV | _ | 49 go | advmod |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 dinner | case |
| 52 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 go | obl |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 night | case |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 to | punct |
| 55 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 go | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 go | punct |
| 57 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 go | nsubj |
| 58 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 59 go | advmod |
| 59 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 warn | parataxis |
| 60 | to | to | ADP | _ | 62 office | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 office | det |
| 62 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 go | obl |
| 63 | again | again | ADV | _ | 59 go | advmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 go | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 go | cc |
| 66 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 70 go | mark |
| 67 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 70 go | nsubj |
| 68 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 70 go | aux |
| 69 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 70 go | advmod |
| 70 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 go | conj |
| 71 | to | to | ADP | _ | 73 office | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 office | det |
| 73 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 go | obl |
| 74 | again | again | ADV | _ | 70 go | advmod |
| 75 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
| 76 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 warn | obj |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 starve | cc |
| 78 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 79 starve | nsubj |
| 79 | starve | starve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 warn | conj |
| 80 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 86 flung | punct |
| 81 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 86 flung | cc |
| 82 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 83 children | nmod:poss |
| 83 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 86 flung | nsubj:pass |
| 84 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 86 flung | aux |
| 85 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 86 flung | aux:pass |
| 86 | flung | fling | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 warn | advcl |
| 87 | into | into | ADP | _ | 89 streets | case |
| 88 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 89 streets | det |
| 89 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 86 flung | obl |
| 90 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
| 91 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 warn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | George | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | past | Mrs. Darling | impressed, sufficiently property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go on | past | George | sternly property | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | warn speech: warn in a quote | present | George | mother | you | of this | tree rules | ||
| 5 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | this tie | round my neck | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not go out in a quote | present · do-support | mother | night | to dinner; out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | not go out a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · do-support | George | night | to dinner; out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | not go in a quote | present | George | the office | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to office=Initial_Location | |||
| 9 | not go a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · do-support | George | the office | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to office=Initial_Location | |||
| 10 | starve in a quote | present | George | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | fling in a quote | future · passive | our children | the streets | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into street=Destination |
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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