--- title: They could now fly strongly, though they still kicked far too much;… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: They could now fly strongly, though they still kicked far too much; but if they saw a cloud in front of them, the more they tried to avoid it, the more certainly did they bump into it. Who acts: clouds. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, with its dependency tree and t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/40/) [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/) / 40 # Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 40 They could now fly strongly, though they still kicked far too much; but if they saw a cloud in front of them, the more they tried to avoid it, the more certainly did they bump into it. **Who acts:** clouds · **What happens:** fly, kick, see, try, avoid, bump · **To what, where:** much, cloud, front 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 (clouds), 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:pg16:5:40 # text = They could now fly strongly, though they still kicked far too much; but if they saw a cloud in front of them, the more they tried to avoid it, the more certainly did they bump into it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 strongly strongly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 36 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 bump bump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | could | clouds *= cloud* | | | | now | strongly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kick** | past | clouds *= cloud* | much | | | still | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent much=Patient | | 3 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | clouds *= cloud* | a cloud | | front of mouths | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cloud=Stimulus | | 4 | **try** | past | clouds *= cloud* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **avoid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | front | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | | 6 | **bump** | past · do-support | clouds *= cloud* | | | front | | certainly *property* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into it=Location | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/)