--- title: If he thought at all, but I don’t believe he ever thought, it was th… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: If he thought at all, but I don’t believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water, and when they did not he was appalled. Who acts: Tinker, I, shadow, drops. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/18/) [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 III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/) / 18 # Peter Pan, Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!, sentence 18 If he thought at all, but I don’t believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water, and when they did not he was appalled. **Who acts:** Tinker, I, shadow, drops · **What happens:** think, not believe, be, bring, join, not do · **To what, where:** all, shadow, each · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tinker, I, shadow, drops), 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:pg16:4:18 # text = If he thought at all, but I don’t believe he ever thought, it was that he and his shadow, when brought near each other, would join like drops of water, and when they did not he was appalled. 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 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 25 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 26 near near ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 25 obl _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 appalled appalled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tinker | | | all | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **believe** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tinker | | | | ever | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | shadow | Tinker's shadow | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | participle | | | | each | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **join** | would | Tinker's shadow | | | | | like drops of water | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **not** **do** | past | drops *= drop* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | Tinker | | | | | appalled *property* | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/)