Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 199
I don’t know whether the idea came suddenly to Tink, or whether she had planned it on the way, but she at once popped out of the hat and began to lure Wendy to her destruction.
Who acts: I, idea, Wendy · What happens: not know, come, plan, pop out, begin, lure · To what, where: Tink, hat, way, Wendy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, idea, Wendy), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 idea | det |
| 7 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | ccomp |
| 9 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 11 Tink | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 Tink | mark |
| 11 | Tink | Tink | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 planned | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 planned | cc |
| 14 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 17 planned | mark |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 planned | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 planned | aux |
| 17 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 came | conj |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 planned | obj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 way | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 way | det |
| 21 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 planned | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 popped | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 popped | cc |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 popped | nsubj |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 once | case |
| 26 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 27 popped | obl |
| 27 | popped | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | parataxis |
| 28 | out | out | ADP | _ | 31 hat | case |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 hat | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 hat | det |
| 31 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 popped | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 began | cc |
| 33 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 popped | conj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 lure | mark |
| 35 | lure | lure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 began | xcomp |
| 36 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 lure | obj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 destruction | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 destruction | nmod:poss |
| 39 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 lure | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | come | past | the idea | Tink | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | plan | past · perfect | idea | hat | the way | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 4 | pop out | past | idea | the hat | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Patient | ||||
| 5 | begin | past | idea not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | lure | to-infinitive | idea not said here | Wendy | to Wendy's destruction result | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent wendy=Patient to destruction=Result | |||
| 7 | destroy | Wendy | nom destruction «act 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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