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title: At such times it had been Wendy’s custom to take him out of bed and… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: At such times it had been Wendy’s custom to take him out of bed and sit with him on her lap, soothing him in dear ways of her own invention, and when he grew calmer to put him back to bed before he quite woke up, so that he should not know of the indignity to which she had subjected him. Who acts: r
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XIII. DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?, sentence 47

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At such times it had been Wendy’s custom to take him out of bed and sit with him on her lap, soothing him in dear ways of her own invention, and when he grew calmer to put him back to bed before he quite woke up, so that he should not know of the indignity to which she had subjected him.

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**Who acts:** riddle, Peter, Wendy · **What happens:** be, take, sit, soothe, grow, put back · **To what, where:** custom, Peter, bed, lap, dear ways, Wendy

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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 (riddle, Peter, Wendy), 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:pg16:14:47
# text = At such times it had been Wendy’s custom to take him out of bed and sit with him on her lap, soothing him in dear ways of her own invention, and when he grew calmer to put him back to bed before he quite woke up, so that he should not know of the indignity to which she had subjected him.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
7	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	’s	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	soothing	soothe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
31	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
38	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	37	xcomp	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	back	back	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	advcl	_	_
49	up	up	ADP	RP	_	48	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
51	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	56	mark	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	fixed	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
54	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
55	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
56	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	indignity	indignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	64	obl	_	_
62	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux	_	_
64	subjected	subject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	acl:relcl	_	_
65	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | riddle | Wendy's custom |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | Peter |  | bed |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out bed=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **sit** | infinitive |  |  |  | Wendy's lap |  | with Peter | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lap=Location |
| 4 | **soothe** | gerund |  | Peter |  | dear ways of Wendy's own invention |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 5 | **grow** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **put back** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* |  | Peter |  |  | to bed | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
| 7 | **wake up** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **not** **know** | should | Peter |  |  |  |  | of the indignity | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of indignity=Stimulus |
| 9 | **subject** | past · perfect · passive |  | Wendy |  |  |  | to the indignity | tree rules |
| 10 | **invent** |  | Wendy |  |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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