--- title: “I—want—you—to—get—into—the—nest,” the bird called, speaking as slow… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “I—want—you—to—get—into—the—nest,” the bird called, speaking as slowly and distinctly as possible, “and—then—you—can—drift—ashore, but—I—am—too—tired—to—bring—it—any—nearer—so—you—must—try to—swim—to—it.” Who acts: I, you. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Peter Pan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/) / [Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/) / 14 # Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 14 “I—want—you—to—get—into—the—nest,” the bird called, speaking as slowly and distinctly as possible, “and—then—you—can—drift—ashore, but—I—am—too—tired—to—bring—it—any—nearer—so—you—must—try to—swim—to—it.” **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** want, get, call, speak, drift, bring · **To what, where:** you, nest, bird · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg16:10:14 # text = “I—want—you—to—get—into—the—nest,” the bird called, speaking as slowly and distinctly as possible, “and—then—you—can—drift—ashore, but—I—am—too—tired—to—bring—it—any—nearer—so—you—must—try to—swim—to—it.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 — — AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 9 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 23 conj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 drift drift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 — - PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 45 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 — - PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 — - PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 to to PART TO _ 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 — - PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 — - PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 69 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 — - PUNCT : _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 to to PART TO _ 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | | I | you | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the nest | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into nest=Destination | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | the bird *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | slowly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drift** *in a quote* | can | | | | | | ashore *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **try** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **swim** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/)