Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 34
Here is Bill Jukes, every inch of him tattooed, the same Bill Jukes who got six dozen on the _Walrus_ from Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores; and Cookson, said to be Black Murphy’s brother (but this was never proved), and Gentleman Starkey, once an usher in a public school and still dainty in his ways of killing; and Skylights (Morgan’s Skylights); and the Irish bo’sun Smee, an oddly genial man who stabbed, so to speak, without offence, and was the only Non-conformist in Hook’s crew; and Noodler, whose hands were fixed on backwards; and Robt.
Who acts: Bill, same Bill, Cecco, Cookson, brother, ways · What happens: be, tattoo, juke, get, drop, say · To what, where: Skylights, six dozen, _ Walrus, bag, this, crew · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Bill, same Bill, Cecco, Cookson), 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 | 15 Jukes | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Here | cop |
| 3 | Bill | Bill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 tattooed | nsubj |
| 4 | Jukes | Jukes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Bill | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 inch | punct |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 inch | det |
| 7 | inch | inch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Bill | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 inch | nmod |
| 10 | tattooed | tattoo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Here | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Here | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Bill | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Bill | amod |
| 14 | Bill | Bill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Jukes | nsubj |
| 15 | Jukes | juke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 got | nsubj |
| 17 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 Jukes | ccomp |
| 18 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 dozen | nummod |
| 19 | dozen | dozen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 got | obj |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 Walrus | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Walrus | det |
| 22 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Walrus | compound |
| 23 | Walrus | Walrus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 got | obl |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 got | punct |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 Flint | case |
| 26 | Flint | flint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 got | obl |
| 27 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 30 drop | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 drop | nsubj |
| 29 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 drop | aux |
| 30 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 got | advcl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 bag | det |
| 32 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 drop | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 moidores | case |
| 34 | moidores | moidore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 bag | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 said | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 said | cc |
| 37 | Cookson | Cookson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 said | nsubj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 Cookson | punct |
| 39 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 Jukes | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 Black | mark |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 Black | cop |
| 42 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 said | ccomp |
| 43 | Murphy | Murphy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 brother | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 43 Murphy | case |
| 45 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Black | nsubj |
| 46 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 51 proved | punct |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 proved | cc |
| 48 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 proved | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 proved | aux:pass |
| 50 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 51 proved | advmod |
| 51 | proved | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 said | ccomp |
| 52 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 51 proved | punct |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Gentleman | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 Gentleman | cc |
| 55 | Gentleman | Gentleman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Jukes | parataxis |
| 56 | Starkey | Starkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Gentleman | flat |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 usher | punct |
| 58 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 60 usher | case |
| 59 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 usher | det |
| 60 | usher | usher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Gentleman | appos |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 school | case |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 school | det |
| 63 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 school | amod |
| 64 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 usher | nmod |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 67 dainty | cc |
| 66 | still | still | ADV | _ | 67 dainty | advmod |
| 67 | dainty | dainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 school | conj |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 70 ways | case |
| 69 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 ways | nmod:poss |
| 70 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 dainty | nmod |
| 71 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 72 killing | mark |
| 72 | killing | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 70 ways | acl |
| 73 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 75 Skylights | punct |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 75 Skylights | cc |
| 75 | Skylights | Skylight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 15 Jukes | obj |
| 76 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 79 Skylights | punct |
| 77 | Morgan | Morgan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Skylights | nmod:poss |
| 78 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 77 Morgan | case |
| 79 | Skylights | skylight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 75 Skylights | appos |
| 80 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 79 Skylights | punct |
| 81 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 97 speak | punct |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 97 speak | cc |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 85 bo’sun | det |
| 84 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 85 bo’sun | amod |
| 85 | bo’sun | bo'sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 97 speak | nsubj |
| 86 | Smee | Smee | PROPN | Number=Sing | 85 bo’sun | appos |
| 87 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 91 man | punct |
| 88 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 91 man | det |
| 89 | oddly | oddly | ADV | _ | 90 genial | advmod |
| 90 | genial | genial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 91 man | amod |
| 91 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 Smee | appos |
| 92 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 93 stabbed | nsubj |
| 93 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 91 man | acl:relcl |
| 94 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 97 speak | punct |
| 95 | so | so | ADV | _ | 97 speak | advmod |
| 96 | to | to | PART | _ | 97 speak | mark |
| 97 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 Jukes | parataxis |
| 98 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 100 offence | punct |
| 99 | without | without | ADP | _ | 100 offence | case |
| 100 | offence | offence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 97 speak | obl |
| 101 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 110 crew | punct |
| 102 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 110 crew | cc |
| 103 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 110 crew | cop |
| 104 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 106 Non-conformist | det |
| 105 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 106 Non-conformist | amod |
| 106 | Non-conformist | Non-conformist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 110 crew | nsubj |
| 107 | in | in | ADP | _ | 110 crew | case |
| 108 | Hook | Hook | PROPN | Number=Sing | 110 crew | nmod:poss |
| 109 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 108 Hook | case |
| 110 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Jukes | parataxis |
| 111 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 113 Noodler | punct |
| 112 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 113 Noodler | cc |
| 113 | Noodler | Noodler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Jukes | obl |
| 114 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 118 fixed | punct |
| 115 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 116 hands | nmod:poss |
| 116 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 118 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 117 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 118 fixed | aux:pass |
| 118 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 113 Noodler | acl |
| 119 | on | on | ADP | _ | 120 backwards | case |
| 120 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 118 fixed | obl |
| 121 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 123 Robt | punct |
| 122 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 123 Robt | cc |
| 123 | Robt | Robt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Jukes | obl |
| 124 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 Jukes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | here property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tattoo | past | Bill | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | juke | present | the same Bill | Skylights | Noodler obl; Robt obl | tree rules | |||
| 4 | get | past | six dozen | the _ Walrus | from Flint | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dozen=Theme on walrus=Source | |||
| 5 | drop | would | Cecco | the bag of moidores | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Cookson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | is | to-infinitive | Murphy's brother | black property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | not prove | past · passive | this | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 9 | kill | gerund | Cecco's ways not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | stab | past | a genial man | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | the Irish bo’sun | without offence | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | is | past | the only Non-conformist | Hook's crew | tree rules | ||||
| 13 | fix | past · passive | hands | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=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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