--- title: The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had bee… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. Who acts: way, many gentlemen, girl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/11/) [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 I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/) / 11 # Peter Pan, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH, sentence 11 The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. **Who acts:** way, many gentlemen, girl, mind, Darling, one more · **What happens:** win, be, discover, love, run, propose · **To what, where:** many gentlemen, this, boys, girl, Darling, cab This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, many gentlemen, girl, mind), 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:pg16:2:11 # text = The way Mr. Darling won her was this: the many gentlemen who had been boys when she was a girl discovered simultaneously that they loved her, and they all ran to her house to propose to her except Mr. Darling, who took a cab and nipped in first, and so he got her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 16 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 simultaneously simultaneously ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 except except ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:desc _ _ 42 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 cab cab NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 nipped nip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | the way | the many gentlemen | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | way | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | the many gentlemen | boys | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | way | a girl | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **discover** | past | a girl | | | | | simultaneously *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **love** | past | mind | girl | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **run** | past | mind | | | | | to girl's house *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to house=Result | | 8 | **propose** | to-infinitive | mind *not said here* | | girl's Darling Mr. | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to darling=Recipient | | 9 | **take** | past | girl's Darling Mr. | a cab | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cab=Theme | | 10 | **nip** | participle | girl's Darling Mr. *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Trajectory | | 11 | **get** | past | one more *= more* | girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/12/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/)