--- title: However, to make amends he showed them how to lie out flat on a stro… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: However, to make amends he showed them how to lie out flat on a strong wind that was going their way, and this was such a pleasant change that they tried it several times and found that they could sleep thus with security. Who acts: recognition, strong wind, this, amends. A sentence of «Peter Pan» b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/54/) [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/) / 54 # Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 54 However, to make amends he showed them how to lie out flat on a strong wind that was going their way, and this was such a pleasant change that they tried it several times and found that they could sleep thus with security. **Who acts:** recognition, strong wind, this, amends · **What happens:** make, show, lie out, go, be, try · **To what, where:** amends, strong wind, way, pleasant change · **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 (recognition, strong wind, this, amends), 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:pg16:5:54 # text = However, to make amends he showed them how to lie out flat on a strong wind that was going their way, and this was such a pleasant change that they tried it several times and found that they could sleep thus with security. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 flat flat ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 43 thus thus ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | amends | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | past | recognition | amends *= amend* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **lie out** | to-infinitive | | | | a strong wind | | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wind=Location | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | a strong wind | amends's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | this | such pleasant change | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **try** | past | amends *= amend* | way | | | time | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **find** | past | amends *= amend* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | could | amends *= amend* | | | | | with security; thus *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/55/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/)