Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 15

Nevertheless we have proof that they secretly watched the interlopers, and were not above taking an idea from them; for John introduced a new way of hitting the bubble, with the head instead of the hand, and the mermaids adopted it.

Who acts: we, mermaids, John, new way · What happens: have, watch, not take, introduce, hit, adopt · To what, where: proof, interlopers, idea, new way, bubble, way

This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, mermaids, John, new way), 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	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	3 have	advmod
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 watched	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 watched	nsubj
7	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	8 watched	advmod
8	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 have	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 interlopers	det
10	interlopers	interloper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 watched	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 taking	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 taking	cc
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 taking	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 taking	advmod
15	above	above	ADP	_	16 taking	mark
16	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 watched	advcl
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 idea	det
18	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 them	case
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 taking	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 introduced	punct
22	for	for	SCONJ	_	24 introduced	mark
23	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 introduced	nsubj
24	introduced	introduce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 watched	conj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 way	det
26	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 way	amod
27	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 introduced	obj
28	of	of	SCONJ	_	29 hitting	mark
29	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 way	acl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 bubble	det
31	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 hitting	obj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 head	punct
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 head	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 head	det
35	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 introduced	obl
36	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	39 hand	case
37	of	of	ADP	_	36 instead	fixed
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 hand	det
39	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 head	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 adopted	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 adopted	cc
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 mermaids	det
43	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 adopted	nsubj
44	adopted	adopt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 watched	conj
45	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 adopted	obj
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	we	proof	nevertheless property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proof=Patient
2	watch	past	mermaids = mermaid	the interlopers	secretly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interloper=Theme
3	not take	past · progressive	mermaids = mermaid not said here	a idea	from mermaids = mermaid	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent idea=Theme from they=Initial_Location
4	introduce	past	John	a new way	with the head instead the hand	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent way=Patient with head=Instrument
5	hit	gerund	a new way not said here	the bubble		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bubble=Co-Theme
6	adopt	past	the mermaids	way		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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