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title: Also he was fond of variety, and the sport that engrossed him one mo… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: Also he was fond of variety, and the sport that engrossed him one moment would suddenly cease to engage him, so there was always the possibility that the next time you fell he would let you go. Who acts: Peter, sport, one moment, possibility. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. TH
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# Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 20

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Also he was fond of variety, and the sport that engrossed him one moment would suddenly cease to engage him, so there was always the possibility that the next time you fell he would let you go.

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**Who acts:** Peter, sport, one moment, possibility, you · **What happens:** be, engross, cease, engage, fall, let · **To what, where:** Peter, you

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This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Peter, sport, one moment, possibility), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg16:5:20
# text = Also he was fond of variety, and the sport that engrossed him one moment would suddenly cease to engage him, so there was always the possibility that the next time you fell he would let you go.
1	Also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	engrossed	engross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	engage	engage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	_	_
25	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
26	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	25	advmod	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	possibility	possibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
33	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | of variety; fond *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **engross** | past | the sport | Peter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cease** | would | one moment |  |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **engage** | to-infinitive | one moment *not said here* | Peter |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **be** | past | the possibility |  |  | there |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **fall** | past | you |  |  |  | time |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 7 | **let** | would | Peter | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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