--- title: To terrorise the prisoners the more, though with a certain loss of d… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: To terrorise the prisoners the more, though with a certain loss of dignity, he danced along an imaginary plank, grimacing at them as he sang; and when he finished he cried, “Do you want a touch of the cat before you walk the plank?” Who acts: Plank, you. 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 (Plank, you), 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:pg16:16:41 # text = To terrorise the prisoners the more, though with a certain loss of dignity, he danced along an imaginary plank, grimacing at them as he sang; and when he finished he cried, “Do you want a touch of the cat before you walk the plank?” 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 terrorise terrorise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 along along ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 grimacing grimace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 before before SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terrorise** | to-infinitive | | the prisoners | | | | with a certain loss of dignity | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | past | Plank | | | a imaginary plank | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along plank=Location | | 3 | **grimace** | gerund | Plank *not said here* | | | | | at prisoners *= prisoner* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Plank | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **finish** | past | Plank | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Plank | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | a touch of the cat | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot touch=Theme | | 8 | **walk** *in a quote* | present | you | the plank | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme plank=Trajectory | | 9 | **touch** *in a quote* | | | the cat | | | | | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)