Peter Pan, Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE, sentence 70
“I remember kisses,” Slightly interposed quickly, “let me see it.
Who acts: I, me · What happens: remember, interpose, let, see · To what, where: kisses, me, kiss · 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 (I, me), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 remember | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 remember | nsubj |
| 3 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 interposed | parataxis |
| 4 | kisses | kiss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 remember | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 remember | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 remember | punct |
| 7 | Slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 8 interposed | advmod |
| 8 | interposed | interpose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 8 interposed | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 let | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 let | punct |
| 12 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 interposed | conj |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 let | obj |
| 14 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 let | xcomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 see | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 interposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember in a quote | present | I | kisses | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme | ||||
| 2 | interpose speech: other | participle | quickly, slightly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let in a quote | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | see in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | kiss | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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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