Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 23
Her mirror was a Puss-in-Boots, of which there are now only three, unchipped, known to fairy dealers; the washstand was Pie-crust and reversible, the chest of drawers an authentic Charming the Sixth, and the carpet and rugs the best (the early) period of Margery and Robin.
Who acts: washstand, carpet · What happens: be, unchipp, know, rug · To what, where: Puss Boots, Pie crust, best early period
This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (washstand, carpet), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mirror | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Boots | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Boots | det |
| 5 | Puss | Puss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Boots | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Boots | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Boots | case |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 in | punct |
| 9 | Boots | Boot | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 mirror | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 are | punct |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 which | case |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 are | obl |
| 13 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 14 are | expl |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Boots | acl:relcl |
| 15 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 are | advmod |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 three | advmod |
| 17 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 are | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 unchipped | punct |
| 19 | unchipped | unchipp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 three | acl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 known | punct |
| 21 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 unchipped | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 dealers | case |
| 23 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 dealers | amod |
| 24 | dealers | dealer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 known | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 crust | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 washstand | det |
| 27 | washstand | washstand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crust | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 crust | cop |
| 29 | Pie | pie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crust | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 Pie | punct |
| 31 | crust | crust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mirror | conj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 reversible | cc |
| 33 | reversible | reversible | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crust | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 chest | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 chest | det |
| 36 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 crust | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 drawers | case |
| 38 | drawers | drawer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 chest | nmod |
| 39 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 Charming | det |
| 40 | authentic | authentic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 Charming | amod |
| 41 | Charming | Charming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 drawers | nmod |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Sixth | det |
| 43 | Sixth | sixth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 Charming | appos |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 rugs | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 rugs | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 carpet | det |
| 47 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 rugs | nsubj |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 rugs | cc |
| 49 | rugs | rug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mirror | conj |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 period | det |
| 51 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 56 period | amod |
| 52 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 54 early | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 early | det |
| 54 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 period | amod |
| 55 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 54 early | punct |
| 56 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 rugs | obj |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Margery | case |
| 58 | Margery | Margery | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 period | nmod |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 Robin | cc |
| 60 | Robin | Robin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 Margery | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 mirror | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a Puss Boots | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | unchipp | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | know | participle | to fairy dealers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | the washstand | Pie crust and reversible and the chest of drawers a authentic Charming | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | rug | present | the carpet | the best early period of Margery and Robin | tree rules |
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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