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title: We have seen them at the first clang of the weapons, turned as it we… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: We have seen them at the first clang of the weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides. Who acts: We, clang, arms. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barri
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF, sentence 57

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We have seen them at the first clang of the weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides.

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**Who acts:** We, clang, arms · **What happens:** see, turn, be, mouth, appeal, return · **To what, where:** eyes, first clang, weapons, Peter

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This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XII. THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, clang, arms), 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:pg16:13:57
# text = We have seen them at the first clang of the weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	clang	clang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	figures	figure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	mouthed	mouth	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	advmod	_	_
26	appealing	appeal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	outstretched	outstretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
41	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
46	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · perfect | We | eyes *= eye* |  | the first clang of the weapons |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | participle |  | the weapons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | clang |  |  |  |  | as stone figures | tree rules |
| 4 | **mouth** | participle | clang *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **appeal** | gerund | clang *not said here* |  | Peter |  |  | with outstretched arms | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to peter=Experiencer |
| 6 | **return** | present | we |  | eyes *= eye* |  |  | as eyes's mouths | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to they=Result |
| 7 | **fall** | present | eyes's arms |  |  |  |  | to eyes's sides | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme |
| 8 | **clang** |  |  | the weapons |  |  |  |  | nom clang «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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