--- title: It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so q… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. Who acts: three, you. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!, with its depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/4/) [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/) / 4 # Peter Pan, Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!, sentence 4 It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. **Who acts:** three, you · **What happens:** not be, make, flash, come, rest, see · **To what, where:** light, second, fairy 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 (three, you), 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:pg16:4:4 # text = It was not really a light; it made this light by flashing about so quickly, but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy, no longer than your hand, but still growing. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 by by SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 flashing flash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 no no ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 36 than than ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | three | a light | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | three | this light | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material light=Product | | 3 | **flash** | gerund | three *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | three | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | three *not said here* | | | | second | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | you | a second *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer second=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | three | a fairy | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **grow** | gerund | three *not said here* | | | | still | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/5/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III. COME AWAY, COME AWAY!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/4/)