--- title: The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy’s suspicions, but that there might be a change when the new suit was ready, which, against her will, she was making for him out of some of Hook’s wickedest garments. Who acts: general feeling, new suit, Wendy. A sentence of «Peter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/14/) [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/) / 14 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 14 The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy’s suspicions, but that there might be a change when the new suit was ready, which, against her will, she was making for him out of some of Hook’s wickedest garments. **Who acts:** general feeling, new suit, Wendy · **What happens:** be, lull, make, suspect · **To what, where:** suspicions, some 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 (general feeling, new suit, Wendy), 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:pg16:17:14 # text = The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy’s suspicions, but that there might be a change when the new suit was ready, which, against her will, she was making for him out of some of Hook’s wickedest garments. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 lull lull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 csubj _ _ 13 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 suspicions suspicion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 Hook Hook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 wickedest wicked ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 amod _ _ 49 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the general feeling | | | | now | honest *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lull** | to-infinitive | | Wendy's suspicions | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus suspicion=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the new suit | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | future · progressive | | | | some | | for Wendy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **suspect** | | Wendy | | | | | | nom suspicion «cognition 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/)