--- title: Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above, Peter had continued, for… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above, Peter had continued, for a little time after the children left, to play gaily on his pipes: no doubt rather a forlorn attempt to prove to himself that he did not care. Who acts: doubt, Peter. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XIII. DO YOU --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/40/) [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/) / 40 # Peter Pan, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?, sentence 40 Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above, Peter had continued, for a little time after the children left, to play gaily on his pipes: no doubt rather a forlorn attempt to prove to himself that he did not care. **Who acts:** doubt, Peter · **What happens:** enact, continue, leave, play, attempt, prove · **To what, where:** Unaware, Peter, children, pipes 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 (doubt, Peter), 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:pg16:14:40 # text = Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above, Peter had continued, for a little time after the children left, to play gaily on his pipes: no doubt rather a forlorn attempt to prove to himself that he did not care. 1 Unaware unaware NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tragedy tragedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 enacted enact VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 above above ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 24 gaily gaily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 rather rather ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 forlorn forlorn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enact** | gerund · passive | | Unaware of the tragedy | | | | above *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **continue** | past · perfect · passive | | Peter | | | time | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | participle | | the children *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **play** | to-infinitive | | | | Peter's pipes | | gaily *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **attempt** | | no doubt | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **prove** | to-infinitive | | | Peter | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | Peter | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/14/)