--- title: There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addresse… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were therefore nearer to him than you think: boys and girls in their nighties, and naked papooses in their baskets hung from trees. Who acts: children, nature, Peter, all. A sent --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/134/) [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 XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/) / 134 # Peter Pan, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?, sentence 134 There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were therefore nearer to him than you think: boys and girls in their nighties, and naked papooses in their baskets hung from trees. **Who acts:** children, nature, Peter, all, you · **What happens:** be, address, dream, think, hang · **To what, where:** night time, boys, Peter, baskets, trees 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 (children, nature, Peter, all), 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:pg16:14:134 # text = There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were therefore nearer to him than you think: boys and girls in their nighties, and naked papooses in their baskets hung from trees. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 nsubj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Neverland Neverland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 parataxis _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 than than SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 nighties nightie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 papooses papoose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 baskets basket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no children | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | nature | night time | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **address** | past | Peter | boys in children's nighties and girls and naked papooses in children's baskets | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dream** | might · progressive | all | | | | | of the Neverland | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | | | Peter | | | near, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hang** | participle | | children's baskets *not said here* | | trees | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/135/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/)