Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 32

Here, a little in advance, ever and again with his head to the ground listening, his great arms bare, pieces of eight in his ears as ornaments, is the handsome Italian Cecco, who cut his name in letters of blood on the back of the governor of the prison at Gao.

Who acts: handsome Italian Cecco, Peter · What happens: be, listen, cut, name, letter · To what, where: advance, name, letters, 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 (handsome Italian Cecco, 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	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Here	obl:unmarked
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 advance	case
6	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ever	punct
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Here	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 again	cc
10	again	again	ADV	_	1 Here	conj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 head	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 head	nmod:poss
13	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	obl
17	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Here	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bare	punct
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 arms	nmod:poss
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 arms	amod
21	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 bare	nsubj
22	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 listening	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 pieces	punct
24	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 bare	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 eight	case
26	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 pieces	nmod
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 ears	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 ears	nmod:poss
29	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 pieces	nmod
30	as	as	ADP	_	31 ornaments	case
31	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 ears	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
33	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Here	cop
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 Cecco	det
35	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 Cecco	amod
36	Italian	Italian	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 Cecco	compound
37	Cecco	Cecco	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Here	nsubj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 cut	punct
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	40 cut	nsubj
40	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 Cecco	acl:relcl
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 name	nmod:poss
42	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 cut	obj
43	in	in	ADP	_	44 letters	case
44	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 cut	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 blood	case
46	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 letters	nmod
47	on	on	ADP	_	49 back	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 back	det
49	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 cut	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 governor	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 governor	det
52	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 back	nmod
53	of	of	ADP	_	55 prison	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 prison	det
55	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 governor	nmod
56	at	at	ADP	_	57 Gao	case
57	Gao	Gao	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 prison	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the handsome Italian Cecco		advance	with Peter's head; to the ground; a little obl:unmarked; here property	tree rules
2	listen	gerund	the handsome Italian Cecco not said here				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	cut	past	the handsome Italian Cecco	Peter's name	letters of blood	on the back of the governor of the prison at Gao	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Product
4	name		Peter				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	letter			blood			nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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