--- title: Then John was born, with the extra pomp that he conceived due to the… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Then John was born, with the extra pomp that he conceived due to the birth of a male, and Michael came from his bath to ask to be born also, but John said brutally that they did not want any more. Who acts: Mr., Michael, John. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter II. THE SHADOW, with i --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/44/) [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 II. THE SHADOW](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/) / 44 # Peter Pan, Chapter II. THE SHADOW, sentence 44 Then John was born, with the extra pomp that he conceived due to the birth of a male, and Michael came from his bath to ask to be born also, but John said brutally that they did not want any more. **Who acts:** Mr., Michael, John · **What happens:** bear, conceive, come, ask, say, not want · **To what, where:** John, bath · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter II. THE SHADOW. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mr., Michael, John), 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:pg16:3:44 # text = Then John was born, with the extra pomp that he conceived due to the birth of a male, and Michael came from his bath to ask to be born also, but John said brutally that they did not want any more. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 16 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 brutally brutally ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 44 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | John | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **conceive** | past | Mr. | | | | | due the birth of a male | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | Michael | | | Mr.'s bath | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bath=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Michael *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Michael *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | | | | | brutally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | John | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/45/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. THE SHADOW](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/)