--- title: Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ev… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe’s defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. Who acts: Peter, lunge, shorter reach, foe. A sentence of «Peter P --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/157/) [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/) / 157 # Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 157 Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe’s defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. **Who acts:** Peter, lunge, shorter reach, foe · **What happens:** be, parry, follow up, get, stand, not drive · **To what, where:** superb swordsman, feint, defence, Peter, ill stead, steel 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, lunge, shorter reach, foe), 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:pg16:16:157 # text = Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe’s defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 superb superb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 swordsman swordsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 parried parry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 dazzling dazzling NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 rapidity rapidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 anon anon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 feint feint NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 lunge lunge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 past past ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 35 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 home home ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Peter | a superb swordsman and anon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **parry** | participle | Peter *not said here* | | | | | with dazzling rapidity | tree rules | | 3 | **follow up** | past | Peter | a feint | | | | with a lunge | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | past | a lunge | | | Peter's foe's defence | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past defence=Destination | | 5 | **stand** | past | Peter's shorter reach | Peter | | ill stead | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in stead=Destination | | 6 | **not** **drive** | could | Peter | the steel | | | | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent steel=Location | | 7 | **defend** | | Peter's foe | | | | | | nom defence «process 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/158/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)