--- title: The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as the… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two. Who acts: boys, Peter, six. A sentence of «Peter Pan» --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/10/) [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 V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/) / 10 # Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 10 The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two. **Who acts:** boys, Peter, six · **What happens:** vary, accord, kill, seem, grow up, be · **To what, where:** numbers, boys, twins This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boys, Peter, six), 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:pg16:6:10 # text = The boys on the island vary, of course, in numbers, according as they get killed and so on; and when they seem to be growing up, which is against the rules, Peter thins them out; but at this time there were six of them, counting the twins as two. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 vary vary VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 on on ADV RB _ 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 xcomp _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 against against ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 38 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 thins thin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 49 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nsubj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vary** | infinitive | the boys on the island | numbers | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer number=Patient | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | present | boys *= boy* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **grow up** | to-infinitive · progressive | boys *= boy* *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | against the rules | tree rules | | 7 | **thin out** | present | Peter | boys *= boy* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 8 | **be** | past | six of boys | | | there | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **count** | gerund | six of boys *not said here* | the twins | | | | as two | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent twin=Theme as two=Attribute | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/)