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title: Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her), she would have been hurled through the air like the others, and then Hook would probably not have been present at the tying of the children; and had he not been at the tying he would not have discovered Slightly’s secret, 
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?, sentence 10

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Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her), she would have been hurled through the air like the others, and then Hook would probably not have been present at the tying of the children; and had he not been at the tying he would not have discovered Slightly’s secret, and without the secret he could not presently have made his foul attempt on Peter’s life.

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**Who acts:** Wendy, we, Hook · **What happens:** unhand, love, write, hurl, not be, have · **To what, where:** Hook, hat, Wendy, air, tying, secret

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This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wendy, we, Hook), 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:pg16:14:10
# text = Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her), she would have been hurled through the air like the others, and then Hook would probably not have been present at the tying of the children; and had he not been at the tying he would not have discovered Slightly’s secret, and without the secret he could not presently have made his foul attempt on Peter’s life.
1	Had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	haughtily	haughtily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	unhanded	unhand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
24	through	through	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	like	like	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
32	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
33	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
34	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
35	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
37	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	cop	_	_
39	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
40	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	tying	tying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
50	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	62	advmod	_	_
51	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	62	cop	_	_
52	at	at	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
54	tying	tie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	62	amod	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
56	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
57	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	59	advmod	_	_
58	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	aux	_	_
59	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	62	amod	_	_
60	Slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	’s	's	PART	POS	_	59	case	_	_
62	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	without	without	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
68	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
69	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
70	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	73	advmod	_	_
71	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
72	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	73	aux	_	_
73	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	67	acl:relcl	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
75	foul	foul	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obj	_	_
77	on	on	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
78	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	’s	's	PART	POS	_	78	case	_	_
80	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unhand** | past | Wendy | Hook |  |  |  | haughtily *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | should · perfect | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **write** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | hat |  |  |  | of Wendy | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **hurl** | would · perfect · passive |  | Wendy |  | the air |  | like the others | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through air=Destination |
| 5 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | Hook |  |  | the tying of the children | then | present, probably *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | Wendy *not said here* | the secret |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient |
| 7 | **tie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **not** **discover** | would · perfect | Hook |  |  |  |  | slightly *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **not** **is** | participle | Hook |  |  | the tying discovered secret |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **not** **make** | could · perfect | Hook | Hook's foul attempt |  | Peter's life |  | presently *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Product |
| 11 | **tie** |  |  | the children |  |  |  |  | nom tying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **attempt** |  | Hook |  |  | Peter's life |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place |

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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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