--- title: “You see,” Wendy said complacently, “our heroine knew that the mothe… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “You see,” Wendy said complacently, “our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.” Who acts: You, Wendy, heroine, mother. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/12/57/) [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 XI. WENDY’S STORY](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/12/) / 57 # Peter Pan, Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY, sentence 57 “You see,” Wendy said complacently, “our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.” **Who acts:** You, Wendy, heroine, mother, children · **What happens:** see, say, know, leave, fly back, stay away · **To what, where:** window · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Wendy, heroine, mother), 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:pg16:12:57 # text = “You see,” Wendy said complacently, “our heroine knew that the mother would always leave the window open for her children to fly back by; so they stayed away for years and had a lovely time.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 complacently complacently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 heroine heroine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 19 advmod _ _ 19 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 28 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Wendy | | | | | complacently *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past | our heroine | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | would | the mother | the window | | | | for mother's children; always, open *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent window=Theme for child=Recipient | | 5 | **fly back** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stay away** *in a quote* | past | children *= child* | | | | year | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/12/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/12/58/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI. WENDY’S STORY](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/12/)