Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 9

The most haunting time at which to see them is at the turn of the moon, when they utter strange wailing cries; but the lagoon is dangerous for mortals then, and until the evening of which we have now to tell, Wendy had never seen the lagoon by moonlight, less from fear, for of course Peter would have accompanied her, than because she had strict rules about every one being in bed by seven.

Who acts: haunting time, mermaids, strange wailing, lagoon, we, Wendy · What happens: see, be, utter, cry, have, tell · To what, where: mermaids, turn, lagoon, Peter, bed · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (haunting time, mermaids, strange wailing, lagoon), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 time	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 time	advmod
3	haunting	haunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 time	compound
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turn	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 see	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 time	acl:relcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 turn	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 turn	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 turn	det
13	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 moon	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 moon	det
16	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turn	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 utter	punct
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 utter	advmod
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 utter	nsubj
20	utter	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 turn	parataxis
21	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 wailing	amod
22	wailing	wailing	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cries	nsubj
23	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 utter	ccomp
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 dangerous	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	29 dangerous	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lagoon	det
27	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 dangerous	nsubj
28	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 dangerous	cop
29	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 turn	parataxis
30	for	for	ADP	_	31 mortals	case
31	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 dangerous	obl
32	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 dangerous	advmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 evening	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 evening	cc
35	until	until	ADP	_	37 evening	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 evening	det
37	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turn	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 which	case
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 have	obl
40	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 have	nsubj
41	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 evening	acl:relcl
42	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 have	advmod
43	to	to	PART	_	44 tell	mark
44	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 have	xcomp
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 seen	punct
46	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 seen	nsubj
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 seen	aux
48	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	49 seen	advmod
49	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 turn	parataxis
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 lagoon	det
51	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 seen	obj
52	by	by	ADP	_	53 moonlight	case
53	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 seen	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 less	punct
55	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	53 moonlight	amod
56	from	from	ADP	_	57 fear	case
57	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 less	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 accompanied	punct
59	for	for	ADP	_	61 course	case
60	of	of	ADP	_	59 for	fixed
61	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 accompanied	obl
62	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 accompanied	nsubj:pass
63	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	65 accompanied	aux
64	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	65 accompanied	aux
65	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 seen	conj
66	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 accompanied	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 had	punct
68	than	than	SCONJ	_	71 had	mark
69	because	because	SCONJ	_	71 had	mark
70	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	71 had	nsubj
71	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 accompanied	advcl
72	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 rules	amod
73	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 bed	nsubj
74	about	about	ADP	_	76 one	case
75	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	76 one	det
76	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 rules	nmod
77	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	79 bed	cop
78	in	in	ADP	_	79 bed	case
79	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 had	parataxis
80	by	by	ADP	_	81 seven	case
81	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	71 had	obl
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 turn	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive	the haunting time not said here	mermaids = mermaid		at the haunting time		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	is	present	the haunting time		the turn and the evening		of the moon	tree rules
3	utter speech: other	present	mermaids = mermaid					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	cry speech: express	present	strange wailing					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	the lagoon			then	for mortals; dangerous property	tree rules
6	have	present	we			of the evening; now		tree rules
7	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	we not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	not see	past · perfect	Wendy	the lagoon			by moonlight	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lagoon=Stimulus
9	accompany	would · perfect · passive		Peter			for course	tree rules
10	have	past	Wendy				by seven	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	is	gerund	strict rules about every one		bed			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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