--- title: She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; hi… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again. Who acts: Wendy, that, way, Darling. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS T --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/24/) [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/) / 24 # Peter Pan, Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH, sentence 24 She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again. **Who acts:** Wendy, that, way, Darling, suggestions · **What happens:** want, risk, come, not be, be, confuse · **To what, where:** hand, way, Darling, suggestions, beginning 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 (Wendy, that, way, Darling), 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:pg16:2:24 # text = She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 risk risk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 advcl _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 confused confuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 suggestions suggestion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Wendy | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **risk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wendy *not said here* | hand | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Pivot | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | Wendy *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | that | Darling's way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Darling's way | | | | | with a pencil and a piece of paper | tree rules | | 6 | **confuse** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Wendy | Darling | | | | with suggestions | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient with suggestion=Co-Patient | | 7 | **have** | past | Darling | suggestions *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **begin** | to-infinitive | suggestions *not said here* | | | | at the beginning; again | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/25/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I. PETER BREAKS THROUGH](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/2/)