Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 60
Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy’s help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games.
Who acts: we, Adventures, Peter, new game, colour, Wendy · What happens: see, be, invent, fascinate, have, tell · To what, where: help, colour, more interest, interest, you · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (we, Adventures, Peter, new game), 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 | Adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 course | punct |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 course | case |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Adventures | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Adventures | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Adventures | punct |
| 11 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Adventures | acl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 occurrence | case |
| 13 | daily | daily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 occurrence | amod |
| 14 | occurrence | occurrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 were | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 but | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 1 Adventures | conj |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 time | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 time | det |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 but | obl |
| 20 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 invented | nsubj |
| 21 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 time | acl:relcl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 help | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 help | case |
| 24 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 help | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 Wendy | case |
| 26 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 invented | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 game | punct |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 game | det |
| 29 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 game | amod |
| 30 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 help | appos |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 fascinated | nsubj |
| 32 | fascinated | fascinate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 game | acl:relcl |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 fascinated | obj |
| 34 | enormously | enormously | ADV | _ | 32 fascinated | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 had | punct |
| 36 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 39 had | mark |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 had | nsubj |
| 38 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 39 had | advmod |
| 39 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 invented | conj |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 42 interest | det |
| 41 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 42 interest | amod |
| 42 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 had | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 it | case |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 interest | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 told | punct |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 told | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 told | punct |
| 48 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 52 told | mark |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 told | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 told | aux |
| 51 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 52 told | aux:pass |
| 52 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 interest | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 what | punct |
| 54 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 what | cop |
| 55 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 39 had | parataxis |
| 56 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 57 happened | advmod |
| 57 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 what | acl:relcl |
| 58 | with | with | ADP | _ | 60 games | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 games | nmod:poss |
| 60 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 happened | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Adventures | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | shall | we | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | be | past | Adventures and course not said here | of daily occurrence | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | invent | past | Peter | Wendy's help | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Result | ||||
| 4 | fascinate | past | a new game | colour | enormously property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | have | past | colour | no more interest | interest | suddenly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient | ||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient which=Topic | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | happen | past | with colour's games; always property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | help | Wendy | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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