--- title: First signing them to hide, Peter cut Wendy’s bonds, and then nothin… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: First signing them to hide, Peter cut Wendy’s bonds, and then nothing could have been easier than for them all to fly off together; but one thing barred the way, an oath, “Hook or me this time.” Who acts: Peter, nothing, things, one thing. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XV. “HOOK --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/117/) [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 XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/) / 117 # Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 117 First signing them to hide, Peter cut Wendy’s bonds, and then nothing could have been easier than for them all to fly off together; but one thing barred the way, an oath, “Hook or me this time.” **Who acts:** Peter, nothing, things, one thing, Wendy · **What happens:** sign, hide, cut, be, fly off, bar · **To what, where:** things, bonds, way This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, nothing, things, one thing), 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:pg16:16:117 # text = First signing them to hide, Peter cut Wendy’s bonds, and then nothing could have been easier than for them all to fly off together; but one thing barred the way, an oath, “Hook or me this time.” 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 2 signing sign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 bonds bond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ _ 19 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ _ 20 than than SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nmod:unmarked _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 together together ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 barred bar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 conj _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | things *= thing* | | | | first *property* | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP.recipient when S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cut** | past | Peter | Wendy's bonds | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Product | | 4 | **is** | could · perfect | nothing | | | | then | easy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fly off** | to-infinitive | things *= thing* | | | | | together *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bar** | past | one thing | the way and a oath | | | time | Hook *obl* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer way=Theme | | 7 | **bond** | | Wendy | | | | | | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/118/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)