--- title: He went off dancing through the house, and they all cried “Hoop la!”… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: He went off dancing through the house, and they all cried “Hoop la!” and danced after him, searching for the drawing-room; and I forget whether they found it, but at any rate they found corners, and they all fitted in. Who acts: Rather, Tootles, I. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/31/) [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/) / 31 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP, sentence 31 He went off dancing through the house, and they all cried “Hoop la!” and danced after him, searching for the drawing-room; and I forget whether they found it, but at any rate they found corners, and they all fitted in. **Who acts:** Rather, Tootles, I · **What happens:** go off, dance, cry, hoop, search, forget · **To what, where:** house, la, corners, rate, Tootles · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Rather, Tootles, 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:pg16:18:31 # text = He went off dancing through the house, and they all cried “Hoop la!” and danced after him, searching for the drawing-room; and I forget whether they found it, but at any rate they found corners, and they all fitted in. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Hoop hoop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 la la NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 33 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 44 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 50 in in ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past | Rather | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | gerund | Rather *not said here* | | | the house | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Location | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Tootles *= tootle* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hoop** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tootles *= tootle* *not said here* | la | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dance** | past | Tootles *= tootle* *not said here* | | | | after Rather | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **search** | gerund | Tootles *= tootle* *not said here* | | | | | for the drawing room | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for room=Theme | | 7 | **forget** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | past | Tootles *= tootle* | la | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **find** | past | Tootles *= tootle* | corners | | any rate | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent corner=Theme at rate=Asset | | 10 | **fit in** | participle · passive | | Tootles *= tootle* | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/32/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/)