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title: Of course, as we have seen, he was quite a simple man; indeed he mig… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
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# Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 48

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Of course, as we have seen, he was quite a simple man; indeed he might have passed for a boy again if he had been able to take his baldness off; but he had also a noble sense of justice and a lion’s courage to do what seemed right to him; and having thought the matter out with anxious care after the flight of the children, he went down on all fours and crawled into the kennel.

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**Who acts:** we, Nana · **What happens:** see, be, pass, take off, have, do · **To what, where:** simple man, Nana, baldness, noble sense, matter, fours · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (we, Nana), 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:pg16:17:48
# text = Of course, as we have seen, he was quite a simple man; indeed he might have passed for a boy again if he had been able to take his baldness off; but he had also a noble sense of justice and a lion’s courage to do what seemed right to him; and having thought the matter out with anxious care after the flight of the children, he went down on all fours and crawled into the kennel.
1	Of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	quite	quite	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	14	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux	_	_
20	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	again	again	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
25	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	cop	_	_
29	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	advcl	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	baldness	baldness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	off	off	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
39	also	also	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	acl	_	_
52	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	53	nsubj	_	_
53	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	ccomp	_	_
54	right	right	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	60	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	60	reparandum	_	_
60	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	_
63	out	out	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	anxious	anxious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
67	after	after	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
74	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	parataxis	_	_
76	down	down	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
77	on	on	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	79	det	_	_
79	fours	four	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	obl	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
81	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	75	conj	_	_
82	into	into	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · perfect | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Nana | quite simple man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pass** | might · perfect · passive |  | Nana |  |  | again | for a boy; indeed *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
| 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Nana |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **take off** | to-infinitive | Nana *not said here* | Nana's baldness |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baldness=Theme |
| 6 | **have** | past | Nana | a noble sense of justice and a lion's courage |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Patient |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | Nana *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **seem** | past |  |  | Nana |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **think out** *speech: other* | past | Nana *not said here* | the matter |  |  | after the flight of the children | with anxious care | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Theme |
| 11 | **go down** | past | Nana |  |  | all fours |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on four=Location |
| 12 | **crawl** | past | Nana *not said here* |  |  | the kennel |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into kennel=Destination |
| 13 | **sense** |  |  | justice |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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