--- title: “He is not so big as the pirate I killed,” he said with such frank d… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “He is not so big as the pirate I killed,” he said with such frank disappointment that I am glad Mr. Darling was asleep; it would have been sad if those had been the first words he heard his little Michael say. Who acts: father, such frank disappointment, disappointment, little Michael. A sentence o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/135/) [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 XVI. THE RETURN HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/) / 135 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 135 “He is not so big as the pirate I killed,” he said with such frank disappointment that I am glad Mr. Darling was asleep; it would have been sad if those had been the first words he heard his little Michael say. **Who acts:** father, such frank disappointment, disappointment, little Michael · **What happens:** not be, kill, say, be, hear · **To what, where:** pirate, first words · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, such frank disappointment, disappointment, little Michael), 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:pg16:17:135 # text = “He is not so big as the pirate I killed,” he said with such frank disappointment that I am glad Mr. Darling was asleep; it would have been sad if those had been the first words he heard his little Michael say. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pirate pirate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 frank frank ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 disappointment disappointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 22 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 23 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 33 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 35 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 40 amod _ _ 40 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | father | | | | | as the pirate; big *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** *in a quote* | past | father | the pirate *not said here* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pirate=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | father | | | | | with such frank disappointment | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with disappointment=Manner | | 4 | **is** | present | such frank disappointment | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | would · perfect | disappointment | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | disappointment *not said here* | that first words | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hear** | past | father | that first words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | father's little Michael | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/136/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/)