--- title: If he had a weakness, it was for thinking that all his life he had t… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: If he had a weakness, it was for thinking that all his life he had taken medicine boldly, and so now, when Michael dodged the spoon in Nana’s mouth, he had said reprovingly, “Be a man, Michael.” Who acts: doubt, weakness, Michael. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter II. THE SHADOW, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/93/) [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/) / 93 # Peter Pan, Chapter II. THE SHADOW, sentence 93 If he had a weakness, it was for thinking that all his life he had taken medicine boldly, and so now, when Michael dodged the spoon in Nana’s mouth, he had said reprovingly, “Be a man, Michael.” **Who acts:** doubt, weakness, Michael · **What happens:** have, think, take, dodge, say, be · **To what, where:** weakness, life, spoon, mouth, man · **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 (doubt, weakness, Michael), 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:pg16:3:93 # text = If he had a weakness, it was for thinking that all his life he had taken medicine boldly, and so now, when Michael dodged the spoon in Nana’s mouth, he had said reprovingly, “Be a man, Michael.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 weakness weakness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 18 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 dodged dodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spoon spoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 Nana Nana PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 38 reprovingly reprovingly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | doubt | a weakness | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weakness=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | weakness | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | doubt's life | | | | boldly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme medicine=Destination | | 4 | **dodge** | past | Michael | the spoon | | Nana's mouth | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent spoon=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | doubt | | | | now | reprovingly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a man | | | | | tree rules | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/94/) - ↑ back to [Chapter II. THE SHADOW](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/3/)