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title: As we shall not see her again, it may be worth mentioning here that… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: As we shall not see her again, it may be worth mentioning here that all Never birds now build in that shape of nest, with a broad brim on which the youngsters take an airing. Who acts: we, it, birds, youngsters. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, with its dependen
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# Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 45

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As we shall not see her again, it may be worth mentioning here that all Never birds now build in that shape of nest, with a broad brim on which the youngsters take an airing.

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**Who acts:** we, it, birds, youngsters · **What happens:** not see, be, mention, build, take · **To what, where:** Peter, airing, broad brim

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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 (we, it, birds, youngsters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg16:10:45
# text = As we shall not see her again, it may be worth mentioning here that all Never birds now build in that shape of nest, with a broad brim on which the youngsters take an airing.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
14	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	broad	broad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
31	on	on	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	obl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	youngsters	youngster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
35	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	airing	airing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | shall | we | Peter |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | may | it |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  | here |  | with a broad brim | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **build** | present | all birds |  |  |  | now | in that shape of nest | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in shape=Attribute |
| 5 | **take** | present | the youngsters | a airing |  | a broad brim |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent airing=Theme on which=Destination |

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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.

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**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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