--- title: What she said in her lovely tinkle Wendy could not of course underst… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: What she said in her lovely tinkle Wendy could not of course understand, and I believe some of it was bad words, but it sounded kind, and she flew back and forward, plainly meaning “Follow me, and all will be well.” Who acts: three, Wendy, I, some. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/204/) [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 IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/) / 204 # Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 204 What she said in her lovely tinkle Wendy could not of course understand, and I believe some of it was bad words, but it sounded kind, and she flew back and forward, plainly meaning “Follow me, and all will be well.” **Who acts:** three, Wendy, I, some, word · **What happens:** say, not understand, believe, be, sound, fly · **To what, where:** lovely tinkle, bad words, Michael · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (three, Wendy, I, some), 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:pg16:5:204 # text = What she said in her lovely tinkle Wendy could not of course understand, and I believe some of it was bad words, but it sounded kind, and she flew back and forward, plainly meaning “Follow me, and all will be well.” 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tinkle tinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 13 advmod _ _ 12 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 fixed _ _ 13 understand understand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 forward forward ADV RB _ 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 ccomp _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | three | | | three's lovely tinkle | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **understand** | could | Wendy *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **believe** | present | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | some | bad words | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sound** | past | word | | | | | kind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **fly** | past | three | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **mean** | gerund | three *not said here* | | | | | plainly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **follow** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | three *not said here* | Michael | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **tinkle** | | three | | | | | | nom tinkle «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/203/) - next →: [sentence 205](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/205/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/)