--- title: Usually when she began to tell this story he left the room or put hi… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Usually when she began to tell this story he left the room or put his hands over his ears; and possibly if he had done either of those things this time they might all still be on the island. Who acts: Peter, Wendy, stories. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/11/149/) [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 X. THE HAPPY HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/11/) / 149 # Peter Pan, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME, sentence 149 Usually when she began to tell this story he left the room or put his hands over his ears; and possibly if he had done either of those things this time they might all still be on the island. **Who acts:** Peter, Wendy, stories · **What happens:** begin, tell, leave, put, do, be · **To what, where:** story, room, hands, ears, either, island · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, Wendy, stories), 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:pg16:11:149 # text = Usually when she began to tell this story he left the room or put his hands over his ears; and possibly if he had done either of those things this time they might all still be on the island. 1 Usually usually ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 27 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 34 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 36 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Peter | | | | | usually *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | this story | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 3 | **leave** | past | Wendy | the room | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | Peter *not said here* | Wendy's hands | | Wendy's ears | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over ear=Destination | | 5 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Wendy | either | | | | possibly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent either=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | might | stories *= story* | | | the island | still; time | all *property* | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/11/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/11/150/) - ↑ back to [Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/11/)