Peter Pan, Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE, sentence 133
But he knew Peter must be obeyed, and he returned in a moment, wearing John’s hat and looking solemn.
Who acts: Peter · What happens: know, obey, return, wear, look · To what, where: Peter, hat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 knew | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 obeyed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 obeyed | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 obeyed | aux:pass |
| 7 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 returned | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 returned | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 returned | nsubj |
| 11 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 moment | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 moment | det |
| 14 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 returned | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 wearing | punct |
| 16 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 returned | advcl |
| 17 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 hat | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 17 John | case |
| 19 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wearing | obj |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 looking | cc |
| 21 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 wearing | conj |
| 22 | solemn | solemn | ADV | _ | 21 looking | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | Peter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | obey | must · passive | Peter | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | return | past | Peter | moment | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | wear | gerund | Peter not said here | John's hat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | ||||
| 5 | look | gerund | Peter not said here | solemn property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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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