--- title: Peter was a little annoyed with them for knowing so much, but if he… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: Peter was a little annoyed with them for knowing so much, but if he wanted to lord it over them his triumph was at hand, for have I not told you that anon fear fell upon them? Who acts: Peter, triumph, I, anon fear. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, with its dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/81/) [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/) / 81 # Peter Pan, Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT, sentence 81 Peter was a little annoyed with them for knowing so much, but if he wanted to lord it over them his triumph was at hand, for have I not told you that anon fear fell upon them? **Who acts:** Peter, triumph, I, anon fear · **What happens:** be, know, want, lord, have, not tell · **To what, where:** path, hand, you · **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 (Peter, triumph, I, anon fear), 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:pg16:5:81 # text = Peter was a little annoyed with them for knowing so much, but if he wanted to lord it over them his triumph was at hand, for have I not told you that anon fear fell upon them? 1 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 lord lord VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 anon anon NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Peter | | | | | with sides *= side*; a little *obl:unmarked*; annoyed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | gerund | Peter *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Peter | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **lord** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Peter *not said here* | path | | | | over sides *= side* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | Peter's triumph | | | hand | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **fall** | past | anon fear | | | | | upon sides *= side* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 9 | **triumph** | | Peter | | | | | | nom triumph «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/82/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV. THE FLIGHT](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/5/)