--- title: By working her wings, in a way she had learned since the nest fell i… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: By working her wings, in a way she had learned since the nest fell into the water, she was able to some extent to guide her strange craft, but by the time Peter recognised her she was very exhausted. Who acts: Peter, nest, extent. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/7/) [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/) / 7 # Peter Pan, Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD, sentence 7 By working her wings, in a way she had learned since the nest fell into the water, she was able to some extent to guide her strange craft, but by the time Peter recognised her she was very exhausted. **Who acts:** Peter, nest, extent · **What happens:** work, learn, fall, be, guide, recognise · **To what, where:** wings, way, water, strange craft, extent 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 (Peter, nest, extent), 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:pg16:10:7 # text = By working her wings, in a way she had learned since the nest fell into the water, she was able to some extent to guide her strange craft, but by the time Peter recognised her she was very exhausted. 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 since since SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 guide guide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 36 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 exhausted exhausted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | Peter's wings | | a way | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent wing=Material | | 2 | **learn** | past · perfect | Peter | a way *not said here* | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 3 | **fall** | past | the nest | | | | | into the water *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **guide** | to-infinitive | some extent | Peter's strange craft | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craft=Theme | | 6 | **recognise** | past | Peter | extent | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | time | exhausted *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **craft** | | Peter | | | | | | nom craft «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX. THE NEVER BIRD](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/10/)