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title: This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form. Who acts: This, nonsense, Peter, unhappy Hook. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, with its
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 166

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This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form.

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**Who acts:** This, nonsense, Peter, unhappy Hook · **What happens:** be, not know · **To what, where:** unhappy Hook, pinnacle

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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 (This, nonsense, Peter, unhappy Hook), 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:pg16:16:166
# text = This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obj	_	_
18	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	27	nsubj	_	_
25	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	nsubj	_	_
32	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	very	very	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	pinnacle	pinnacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | This |  |  |  |  | of nonsense | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | nonsense |  |  |  |  | to the unhappy Hook and the pinnacle; proof *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Peter | the unhappy Hook and the pinnacle |  | the unhappy Hook and the pinnacle |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the unhappy Hook and the pinnacle | the pinnacle |  |  |  | of good form | 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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