Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 86
With the exception of Nibs, who has darted away to reconnoitre, they are already in their home under the ground, a very delightful residence of which we shall see a good deal presently.
Who acts: Nibs, Rabbits, we · What happens: dart away, reconnoitre, be, see, except · To what, where: home, good deal, Nibs
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 (Nibs, Rabbits, we), 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 exception | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 exception | det |
| 3 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 home | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Nibs | case |
| 5 | Nibs | nib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 exception | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 darted | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 darted | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 darted | aux |
| 9 | darted | dart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 Nibs | acl:relcl |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 darted | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 reconnoitre | mark |
| 12 | reconnoitre | reconnoitre | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 darted | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 exception | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 home | nsubj |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 home | cop |
| 16 | already | already | ADV | _ | 19 home | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 home | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 home | nmod:poss |
| 19 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 20 | under | under | ADP | _ | 22 ground | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ground | det |
| 22 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 home | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 residence | punct |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 residence | det |
| 25 | very | very | ADV | _ | 26 delightful | advmod |
| 26 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 residence | amod |
| 27 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 home | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 which | case |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 see | obl |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 see | nsubj |
| 31 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 see | aux |
| 32 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 residence | acl:relcl |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 deal | det |
| 34 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 deal | amod |
| 35 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 see | obj |
| 36 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 32 see | advmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 home | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dart away | present · perfect | Nibs | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reconnoitre | to-infinitive | Nibs not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is | present | Rabbits = rabbit | Rabbits's home and a delightful residence | with the exception of Nibs; under the ground | tree rules | |||
| 4 | see | shall | we | a good deal | of a delightful residence; presently property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | except | Nibs | nom exception «cognition 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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