--- title: She praised them equally, and shuddered delightfully when Michael sh… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: She praised them equally, and shuddered delightfully when Michael showed her the place where he had killed one; and then she took them into Hook’s cabin and pointed to his watch which was hanging on a nail. Who acts: Wendy, Michael, watch. 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/pg16/16/194/) [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/) / 194 # Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 194 She praised them equally, and shuddered delightfully when Michael showed her the place where he had killed one; and then she took them into Hook’s cabin and pointed to his watch which was hanging on a nail. **Who acts:** Wendy, Michael, watch · **What happens:** praise, shudder, show, kill, take, point · **To what, where:** eyes, place, Wendy, Michael, cabin, watch 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 (Wendy, Michael, watch), 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:pg16:16:194 # text = She praised them equally, and shuddered delightfully when Michael showed her the place where he had killed one; and then she took them into Hook’s cabin and pointed to his watch which was hanging on a nail. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 equally equally ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 shuddered shudder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 delightfully delightfully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 Hook Hook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | past | Wendy | eyes *= eye* | | | | equally *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **shudder** | past | | | | | | delightfully *property* | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **show** | past | Michael | the place | Wendy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient place=Topic | | 4 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | | Michael | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer one=Result | | 5 | **take** | past | Wendy | eyes *= eye* | | Hook's cabin | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into cabin=Destination | | 6 | **point** | participle | Wendy *not said here* | | Michael's watch | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to watch=Recipient | | 7 | **hang** | past · progressive | Michael's watch | | | a nail | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on nail=Location | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/195/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)