Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 45
In dress he somewhat aped the attire associated with the name of Charles II, having heard it said in some earlier period of his career that he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts; and in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which enabled him to smoke two cigars at once.
Who acts: man, attire, own contrivance · What happens: ape, associate, have, hear, say, bear · To what, where: attire, dress, earlier period, strange resemblance, holder, mouth · 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 (man, attire, own contrivance), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 dress | case |
| 2 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aped | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 aped | nsubj |
| 4 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 5 aped | advmod |
| 5 | aped | ape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 attire | det |
| 7 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aped | obj |
| 8 | associated | associate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 attire | acl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 name | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 name | det |
| 11 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 associated | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Charles | case |
| 13 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 name | nmod |
| 14 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 13 Charles | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 having | punct |
| 16 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 aped | conj |
| 17 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 having | parataxis |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 heard | parataxis |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 period | case |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 period | det |
| 22 | earlier | early | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 period | amod |
| 23 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 career | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 career | nmod:poss |
| 26 | career | career | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 period | nmod |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 bore | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 bore | nsubj |
| 29 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 career | acl:relcl |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 resemblance | det |
| 31 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 resemblance | amod |
| 32 | resemblance | resemblance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 bore | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 Stuarts | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Stuarts | det |
| 35 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 fated | amod |
| 36 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 35 ill | punct |
| 37 | fated | fated | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 Stuarts | amod |
| 38 | Stuarts | stuart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 bore | obl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 had | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 had | cc |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 mouth | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 43 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 had | obl |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 had | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 aped | conj |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 holder | det |
| 47 | holder | holder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 had | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 contrivance | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 contrivance | nmod:poss |
| 50 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 contrivance | amod |
| 51 | contrivance | contrivance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 holder | nmod |
| 52 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 enabled | nsubj |
| 53 | enabled | enable | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 contrivance | acl:relcl |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 enabled | obj |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 smoke | mark |
| 56 | smoke | smoke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 53 enabled | advcl |
| 57 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 58 cigars | nummod |
| 58 | cigars | cigar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 smoke | obj |
| 59 | at | at | ADP | _ | 60 once | case |
| 60 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 56 smoke | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 aped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ape | past | man | the attire | dress | somewhat property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | associate | participle | the attire not said here | with the name of Charles | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with name=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | man not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | hear | past | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | attire | some earlier period of man's career | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in period=Manner | ||||
| 6 | bear | past | man | a strange resemblance | to the fated Stuarts | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resemblance=Patient | |||
| 7 | have | past | man | a holder of man's own contrivance | man's mouth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holder=Patient | |||
| 8 | enable | past | man's own contrivance | man | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | smoke | to-infinitive | man's own contrivance not said here | two cigars | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cigar=Source | ||||
| 10 | name | Charles | nom name «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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