Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 15

He had been in fewer adventures than any of them, because the big things constantly happened just when he had stepped round the corner; all would be quiet, he would take the opportunity of going off to gather a few sticks for firewood, and then when he returned the others would be sweeping up the blood.

Who acts: Neverland, big things, all, opportunity, others · What happens: be, happen, step, take, go off, gather · To what, where: fewer adventures, Neverland, opportunity, few sticks, blood

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Neverland, big things, all, opportunity), 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	6 adventures	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 adventures	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 adventures	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 adventures	case
5	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 adventures	amod
6	adventures	adventure	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 any	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 adventures	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 any	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 happened	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 happened	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 things	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 things	amod
15	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 happened	nsubj
16	constantly	constantly	ADV	_	17 happened	advmod
17	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 adventures	conj
18	just	just	ADV	_	17 happened	advmod
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	22 stepped	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 stepped	nsubj:pass
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 stepped	aux
22	stepped	step	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 happened	advcl
23	round	round	ADP	_	25 corner	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 corner	det
25	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 stepped	obl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 quiet	punct
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	30 quiet	nsubj
28	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 quiet	aux
29	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	30 quiet	cop
30	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 adventures	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 take	punct
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 take	nsubj
33	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	34 take	aux
34	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 quiet	parataxis
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 opportunity	det
36	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 take	obj
37	of	of	SCONJ	_	38 going	mark
38	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	36 opportunity	acl
39	off	off	ADP	_	38 going	compound:prt
40	to	to	PART	_	41 gather	mark
41	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 going	xcomp
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 sticks	det
43	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 sticks	amod
44	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 gather	obj
45	for	for	ADP	_	46 firewood	case
46	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 gather	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 returned	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 returned	cc
49	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	52 returned	advmod
50	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	52 returned	advmod
51	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 returned	nsubj
52	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 take	parataxis
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 others	det
54	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 sweeping	nsubj
55	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 sweeping	aux
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 sweeping	aux
57	sweeping	sweep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 returned	advcl
58	up	up	ADP	_	57 sweeping	compound:prt
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 blood	det
60	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 sweeping	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 adventures	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	Neverland		fewer adventures		than any	tree rules
2	happen	past	the big things				constantly property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	step	past · perfect · passive		Neverland			round the corner	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is	would	all				quiet property	tree rules
5	take	would	Neverland	the opportunity				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
6	go off	gerund	the opportunity not said here					tree rules
7	gather	to-infinitive	the opportunity not said here	a few sticks			for firewood	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Theme for firewood=Beneficiary
8	return	past	Neverland			then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	sweep up	would · progressive	the others	the blood				vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme blood=Trajectory

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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