--- title: Now that we look at her closely and remember the gaiety of her in th… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Now that we look at her closely and remember the gaiety of her in the old days, all gone now just because she has lost her babes, I find I won’t be able to say nasty things about her after all. Who acts: we, woman, I. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, with its --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/63/) [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/) / 63 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 63 Now that we look at her closely and remember the gaiety of her in the old days, all gone now just because she has lost her babes, I find I won’t be able to say nasty things about her after all. **Who acts:** we, woman, I · **What happens:** look, remember, go, lose, find, not be · **To what, where:** gaiety, babes, nasty things · **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 (we, woman, I), 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:pg16:17:63 # text = Now that we look at her closely and remember the gaiety of her in the old days, all gone now just because she has lost her babes, I find I won’t be able to say nasty things about her after all. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 closely closely ADV RB _ 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 gaiety gaiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 all all ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 babes babe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 34 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 nasty nasty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 after after ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | we | | | | now | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at closely=Theme | | 2 | **remember** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the gaiety of woman | | | day | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent gaiety=Theme | | 3 | **go** | participle | we *not said here* | | | | now | all *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lose** | present · perfect | woman | woman's babes | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babe=Eventuality | | 5 | **find** | present | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** | future | I | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | nasty things | | | | about all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/64/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/)