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title: To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned. Who acts: Hook,
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP, sentence 20

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To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned.

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**Who acts:** Hook, traditions · **What happens:** reveal, be, set, read, guess, cling · **To what, where:** date, country, blaze, lines, famous public school, Hook

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This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hook, traditions), 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:pg16:15:20
# text = To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but as those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school; and its traditions still clung to him like garments, with which indeed they are largely concerned.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	blaze	blaze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	between	between	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
27	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
28	already	already	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
29	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	aux	_	_
30	guessed	guess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
34	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	cop	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj	_	_
44	still	still	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	clung	cling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
48	like	like	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	obl	_	_
53	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
55	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
56	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	concerned	concerned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as those | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would · past |  |  |  | this date |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set** | past |  | the country |  | a blaze |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent country=Theme in blaze=Destination |
| 4 | **read** | present |  |  |  |  |  | between the lines | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **guess** | must · perfect |  | the lines *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Hook |  |  | a famous public school |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **cling** | past | date's traditions |  | Hook |  | still | like garments | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme |
| 8 | **is** | present | traditions *= tradition* |  |  |  |  | concerned, indeed, largely *property* | tree rules |

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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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