Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 6

When she stole softly to the edge of the lagoon she might see them by the score, especially on Marooners’ Rock, where they loved to bask, combing out their hair in a lazy way that quite irritated her; or she might even swim, on tiptoe as it were, to within a yard of them, but then they saw her and dived, probably splashing her with their tails, not by accident, but intentionally.

Who acts: Wendy, mermaids, hair · What happens: steal, see, love, bask, comb out, irritate · To what, where: mermaids, hair, lazy way, tiptoe, Wendy

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 (Wendy, mermaids, hair), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 stole	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stole	nsubj
3	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	softly	softly	ADV	_	3 stole	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 edge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 edge	det
7	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stole	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lagoon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lagoon	det
10	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 edge	nmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stole	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 score	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 score	det
17	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Rock	punct
19	especially	especially	ADV	_	23 Rock	advmod
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 Rock	case
21	Marooners	Marooner	PROPN	Number=Plur	23 Rock	nmod:poss
22	’	's	PART	_	21 Marooners	case
23	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	parataxis
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 loved	punct
25	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	27 loved	advmod
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 loved	nsubj
27	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 Rock	acl:relcl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 bask	mark
29	bask	bask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 loved	xcomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 combing	punct
31	combing	comb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 bask	advcl
32	out	out	ADP	_	31 combing	compound:prt
33	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 hair	nmod:poss
34	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 combing	obj
35	in	in	ADP	_	38 way	case
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 way	det
37	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 way	amod
38	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 combing	obl
39	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 irritated	obj
40	quite	quite	ADV	_	41 irritated	advmod
41	irritated	irritate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 way	acl:relcl
42	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 irritated	obj
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 swim	punct
44	or	or	CCONJ	_	48 swim	cc
45	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 swim	nsubj
46	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 swim	aux
47	even	even	ADV	_	48 swim	advmod
48	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stole	conj
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 tiptoe	punct
50	on	on	ADP	_	51 tiptoe	case
51	tiptoe	tiptoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 swim	obl
52	as	as	SCONJ	_	54 were	mark
53	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 were	nsubj
54	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 swim	advcl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 to	punct
56	to	to	PART	_	48 swim	obl
57	within	within	ADP	_	59 yard	case
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 yard	det
59	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 to	obl
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 them	case
61	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 yard	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 saw	punct
63	but	but	CCONJ	_	66 saw	cc
64	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	66 saw	advmod
65	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 saw	nsubj
66	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 stole	parataxis
67	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 saw	obj
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 dived	cc
69	dived	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 saw	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 splashing	punct
71	probably	probably	ADV	_	72 splashing	advmod
72	splashing	splash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	69 dived	advcl
73	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 splashing	obj
74	with	with	ADP	_	76 tails	case
75	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 tails	nmod:poss
76	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 splashing	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 accident	punct
78	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	80 accident	advmod
79	by	by	ADP	_	80 accident	case
80	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 splashing	obl
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 intentionally	punct
82	but	but	CCONJ	_	83 intentionally	cc
83	intentionally	intentionally	ADV	_	3 stole	advmod
84	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stole	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	Wendy					to the edge of the lagoon; intentionally, softly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	might	Wendy	mermaids = mermaid				by the score	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
3	love	past	mermaids = mermaid						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	bask not said to happen	to-infinitive	mermaids = mermaid not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	comb out	gerund	mermaids = mermaid not said here	mermaids's hair		a lazy way			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
6	irritate	past		a lazy way					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer she=Result
7	swim	might	Wendy			tiptoe			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tiptoe=Trajectory
8	be	past	hair						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	see	past	mermaids = mermaid	Wendy			then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
10	dive	past	mermaids = mermaid not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
11	splash	gerund	mermaids = mermaid not said here		Wendy			with mermaids's tails; by accident; probably property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Destination with tail=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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