--- title: I don’t know whether any of the children were crying; if so, the sin… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: I don’t know whether any of the children were crying; if so, the singing drowned the sound; but as the little house disappeared in the forest, a brave though tiny jet of smoke issued from its chimney as if defying Hook. Who acts: I, any, singing, little house. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/25/) [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/) / 25 # Peter Pan, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?, sentence 25 I don’t know whether any of the children were crying; if so, the singing drowned the sound; but as the little house disappeared in the forest, a brave though tiny jet of smoke issued from its chimney as if defying Hook. **Who acts:** I, any, singing, little house · **What happens:** not know, cry, drown, disappear, issue, defy · **To what, where:** sound, forest, smoke, chimney, Hook · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (I, any, singing, little house), 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:pg16:14:25 # text = I don’t know whether any of the children were crying; if so, the singing drowned the sound; but as the little house disappeared in the forest, a brave though tiny jet of smoke issued from its chimney as if defying Hook. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 34 though though ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 jet jet NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 defying defy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 46 Hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · progressive | any | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drown** | past | the singing | the sound | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | | 4 | **disappear** | past | the little house | | | the forest | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **issue** | participle | | smoke *not said here* | | house's chimney | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **defy** | gerund | the little house *not said here* | Hook | | | | | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/26/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/)