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title: The day, as if quietly gathering its forces, had been almost unevent… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: The day, as if quietly gathering its forces, had been almost uneventful, and now the redskins in their blankets were at their posts above, while, below, the children were having their evening meal; all except Peter, who had gone out to get the time. Who acts: day, redskins, children, Peter. A senten
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# Peter Pan, Chapter X. THE HAPPY HOME, sentence 18

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The day, as if quietly gathering its forces, had been almost uneventful, and now the redskins in their blankets were at their posts above, while, below, the children were having their evening meal; all except Peter, who had gone out to get the time.

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**Who acts:** day, redskins, children, Peter · **What happens:** gather, be, have, go out, get · **To what, where:** forces, posts, evening meal

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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 (day, redskins, children, Peter), 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:pg16:11:18
# text = The day, as if quietly gathering its forces, had been almost uneventful, and now the redskins in their blankets were at their posts above, while, below, the children were having their evening meal; all except Peter, who had gone out to get the time.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	gathering	gather	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
13	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	uneventful	uneventful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
17	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	26	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	redskins	redskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
27	above	above	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
29	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	below	below	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
35	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
37	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
41	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	43	det	_	_
42	except	except	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
46	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	parataxis	_	_
48	out	out	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** *a condition, not said to happen* | gerund | the day *not said here* | squaw's forces |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  | day | almost, uneventful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the redskins in redskins's blankets |  |  | redskins's posts | now | above *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | past · progressive | the children | redskins's evening meal |  |  |  | below *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |
| 5 | **go out** | past · perfect | all Peter |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | all Peter *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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