--- title: A few of the pirates leant over the bulwarks, drinking in the miasma… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: A few of the pirates leant over the bulwarks, drinking in the miasma of the night; others sprawled by barrels over games of dice and cards; and the exhausted four who had carried the little house lay prone on the deck, where even in their sleep they rolled skillfully to this side or that out of Hook --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/15/7/) [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 XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/15/) / 7 # Peter Pan, Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP, sentence 7 A few of the pirates leant over the bulwarks, drinking in the miasma of the night; others sprawled by barrels over games of dice and cards; and the exhausted four who had carried the little house lay prone on the deck, where even in their sleep they rolled skillfully to this side or that out of Hook’s reach, lest he should claw them mechanically in passing. **Who acts:** bulwarks, little house, cards · **What happens:** drink, sprawl, exhaust, carry, lie, roll · **To what, where:** miasma, others, games, four, prone, deck 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 (bulwarks, little house, cards), 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:pg16:15:7 # text = A few of the pirates leant over the bulwarks, drinking in the miasma of the night; others sprawled by barrels over games of dice and cards; and the exhausted four who had carried the little house lay prone on the deck, where even in their sleep they rolled skillfully to this side or that out of Hook’s reach, lest he should claw them mechanically in passing. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 leant leant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bulwarks bulwark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 miasma miasma NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 20 sprawled sprawl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 barrels barrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 dice dice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 conj _ _ 32 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl _ _ 33 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 41 prone prone NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 53 skillfully skillfully ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nmod _ _ 59 out out ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 Hook Hook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ’s 's PART POS _ 61 case _ _ 63 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 67 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 claw claw NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obj _ _ 70 mechanically mechanically ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 passing passing NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | gerund | the bulwarks *not said here* | | | the miasma of the night | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sprawl** | participle | | others *not said here* | | games of dice and cards | | by barrels | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by barrel=Location | | 3 | **exhaust** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | four | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | past | the little house | prone | | the deck | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prone=Theme | | 6 | **roll** | past | cards *= card* | | | cards's sleep | | to this side that; lest claw; in passing; mechanically, skillfully *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in sleep=Source to side=Trajectory in passing=Destination | | 7 | **sleep** | | cards *= card* | | | | | | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/15/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/15/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV. THE PIRATE SHIP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/15/)