--- title: “There are always a lot of young ones,” explained Wendy, who was now… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “There are always a lot of young ones,” explained Wendy, who was now quite an authority, “because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. Who acts: lot, Wendy, you, new baby. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/60/) [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/) / 60 # Peter Pan, Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP, sentence 60 “There are always a lot of young ones,” explained Wendy, who was now quite an authority, “because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. **Who acts:** lot, Wendy, you, new baby, first time, new fairies · **What happens:** be, explain, see, laugh, bear · **To what, where:** authority, new fairy, new babies · **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 (lot, Wendy, you, new baby), 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:pg16:18:60 # text = “There are always a lot of young ones,” explained Wendy, who was now quite an authority, “because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 12 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 30 mark _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 46 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 50 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 51 advmod _ _ 51 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a lot of young ones | | | there | | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | Wendy | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | Wendy | a authority | | | now | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **laugh** *in a quote* | present | a new baby | | | | time | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · passive | the first time *not said here* | a new fairy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | new babies | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **does** *in a quote* | present | new fairies | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/61/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XVII. WHEN WENDY GREW UP](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/18/)