--- title: He could sleep in the air without falling, by merely lying on his ba… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: He could sleep in the air without falling, by merely lying on his back and floating, but this was, partly at least, because he was so light that if you got behind him and blew he went faster. Who acts: Peter, this, you. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, with its depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/21/) [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/) / 21 # Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 21 He could sleep in the air without falling, by merely lying on his back and floating, but this was, partly at least, because he was so light that if you got behind him and blew he went faster. **Who acts:** Peter, this, you · **What happens:** sleep, fall, lie, float, be, get · **To what, where:** air, back, light 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, this, 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:pg16:5:21 # text = He could sleep in the air without falling, by merely lying on his back and floating, but this was, partly at least, because he was so light that if you got behind him and blew he went faster. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 without without SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 by by SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 merely merely ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 floating float VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 partly partly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 36 behind behind ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 42 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | could | Peter | | | the air | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | | 2 | **fall** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | | | Peter's back | | merely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 4 | **float** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | this | | | | | least, partly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | Peter | light | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **get** | past | you | | | | | behind Peter | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **blow** | past | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | past | Peter | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/22/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/)