--- title: But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and w… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys. Who acts: years, boys, Wendy, Peter. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVII. W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/113/) [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 XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/) / 113 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP, sentence 113 But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys. **Who acts:** years, boys, Wendy, Peter, woman · **What happens:** come, go, bring, meet, be, not be · **To what, where:** careless boy, married woman, woman, toys, box This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (years, boys, Wendy, Peter), 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:pg16:18:113 # text = But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 without without SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 careless careless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 no no ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the years | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | the years *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | gerund | the years *not said here* | | the careless boy | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument boy=Destination | | 4 | **meet** | past | boys *= boy* | | | | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** | past | Wendy | a married woman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | Peter | | woman | | | than a little dust in the box; more *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | past · perfect | woman | woman's toys | | the box | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toy=Theme in which=Location | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/114/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/)