--- title: Oh no. We have written it so, because that was the charming arrangem… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Oh no. We have written it so, because that was the charming arrangement planned by them before we left the ship; but something must have happened since then, for it is not they who have flown in, it is Peter and Tinker Bell. Who acts: We, that, something, window. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. B --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/97/) [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/) / 97 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME, sentence 97 Oh no. We have written it so, because that was the charming arrangement planned by them before we left the ship; but something must have happened since then, for it is not they who have flown in, it is Peter and Tinker Bell. **Who acts:** We, that, something, window · **What happens:** write, be, plan, leave, happen, not be · **To what, where:** window, charming arrangement, ship, Peter 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, that, something, window), 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:pg16:17:97 # text = Oh no. We have written it so, because that was the charming arrangement planned by them before we left the ship; but something must have happened since then, for it is not they who have flown in, it is Peter and Tinker Bell. 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 no. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 3 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 charming charming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 arrangement arrangement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 15 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 before before SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 28 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 29 since since ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 40 in in ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 Tinker Tinker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Bell Bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present · perfect | We | window | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | that | the charming arrangement | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **plan** | participle | | the charming arrangement *not said here* | | | | by room | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** | past | we | the ship | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | | 5 | **happen** | must · perfect | something | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **is** | present · perfect · passive | | window | | | | fly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | window | Peter and Tinker Bell | | | | | tree rules | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/98/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVI. THE RETURN HOME](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/17/)