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title: The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed h… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed him, though whether with the purpose of regaining what it had lost, or merely as a friend under the belief that it was again ticking itself, will never be certainly known, for, like slaves to a fixed idea, it was a stupid beast. Who 
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XV. “HOOK OR ME THIS TIME”, sentence 9

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The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed him, though whether with the purpose of regaining what it had lost, or merely as a friend under the belief that it was again ticking itself, will never be certainly known, for, like slaves to a fixed idea, it was a stupid beast.

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**Who acts:** crocodile, purpose · **What happens:** be, hear, follow, regain, lose, tick · **To what, where:** sound, experience, crocodile, stupid beast

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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 (crocodile, purpose), 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:pg16:16:9
# text = The crocodile was among those who heard the sound, and it followed him, though whether with the purpose of regaining what it had lost, or merely as a friend under the belief that it was again ticking itself, will never be certainly known, for, like slaves to a fixed idea, it was a stupid beast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
21	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	regaining	regain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	26	obj	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	under	under	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	again	again	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	ticking	tick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	acl	_	_
41	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
43	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
44	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	47	advmod	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	aux:pass	_	_
46	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	like	like	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	amod	_	_
56	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
59	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	cop	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	47	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | among those | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past |  | the sound |  |  |  | with the purpose; merely *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus |
| 3 | **follow** | past | crocodile | experience |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **regain** | gerund | the purpose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive |  | crocodile |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **tick** | past · progressive | crocodile | crocodile |  |  | again |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location itself=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **know** | future · passive |  | the crocodile |  |  |  | for slaves to a fixed idea and a stupid beast; certainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 8 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **is a** | past | crocodile | a stupid beast |  |  |  |  | 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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