--- title: On the contrary, he thought he had scaled her side as noiseless as a… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: On the contrary, he thought he had scaled her side as noiseless as a mouse; and he was amazed to see the pirates cowering from him, with Hook in their midst as abject as if he had heard the crocodile. Who acts: human, pirates. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. 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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 (human, pirates), 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:pg16:16:15 # text = On the contrary, he thought he had scaled her side as noiseless as a mouse; and he was amazed to see the pirates cowering from him, with Hook in their midst as abject as if he had heard the crocodile. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 scaled scale VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 noiseless noiseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 cowering cower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 abject abject ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | human | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **scale** | past · perfect | human | idea's side | | | | noiseless *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Source | | 3 | **is** | past | human | | | | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | human *not said here* | the pirates | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pirate=Stimulus | | 5 | **cower** | gerund | the pirates *not said here* | | | | | from human; with Hook in Hook's midst | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from he=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect | human | the crocodile | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crocodile=Stimulus | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/16/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)