--- title: Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-c… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-creature thus abruptly deprived of its closest companion, Peter began to consider how he could turn the catastrophe to his own use; and he decided to tick, so that wild beasts should believe he was the crocodile and let him pass unmo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/7/) [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/) / 7 # Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 7 Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-creature thus abruptly deprived of its closest companion, Peter began to consider how he could turn the catastrophe to his own use; and he decided to tick, so that wild beasts should believe he was the crocodile and let him pass unmolested. **Who acts:** Peter, experience, wild beasts · **What happens:** give, be, deprive, begin, consider, turn · **To what, where:** thought, fellow creature, catastrophe, own use, crocodile, experience · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, experience, wild beasts), 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:pg16:16:7 # text = Without giving a thought to what might be the feelings of a fellow-creature thus abruptly deprived of its closest companion, Peter began to consider how he could turn the catastrophe to his own use; and he decided to tick, so that wild beasts should believe he was the crocodile and let him pass unmolested. 1 Without without SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 7 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 thus thus ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 abruptly abruptly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 22 amod _ _ 22 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 catastrophe catastrophe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 tick tick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 50 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 ccomp _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 unmolested unmolested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | a thought | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 2 | **is** | might | | | | | | to the feelings; of a fellow creature | tree rules | | 3 | **deprive** | participle | | a fellow creature *not said here* | | | | of creature's closest companion; abruptly, thus *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent of companion=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | Peter | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **consider** | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | could | Peter | the catastrophe | | experience's own use | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent catastrophe=Theme to use=Trajectory | | 7 | **decide** | past | experience | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | experience *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **believe** | should | wild beasts | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** | past | experience | the crocodile | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **let** | infinitive | wild beasts *not said here* | experience | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **pass** | infinitive | experience *not said here* | | | | | unmolested *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **use** | | experience | | | | | | nom use «act 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/8/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/16/)