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# Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 15

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He had been in fewer adventures than any of them, because the big things constantly happened just when he had stepped round the corner; all would be quiet, he would take the opportunity of going off to gather a few sticks for firewood, and then when he returned the others would be sweeping up the blood.

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**Who acts:** Neverland, big things, all, opportunity, others · **What happens:** be, happen, step, take, go off, gather · **To what, where:** fewer adventures, Neverland, opportunity, few sticks, blood

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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 (Neverland, big things, all, opportunity), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg16:6:15
# text = He had been in fewer adventures than any of them, because the big things constantly happened just when he had stepped round the corner; all would be quiet, he would take the opportunity of going off to gather a few sticks for firewood, and then when he returned the others would be sweeping up the blood.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
16	constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	stepped	step	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
23	round	round	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	30	nsubj	_	_
28	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
30	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	parataxis	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
38	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	36	acl	_	_
39	off	off	ADP	RP	_	38	compound:prt	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obj	_	_
45	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	52	advmod	_	_
50	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	52	advmod	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	parataxis	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
55	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	aux	_	_
57	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	52	advcl	_	_
58	up	up	ADP	RP	_	57	compound:prt	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Neverland |  |  | fewer adventures |  | than any | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past | the big things |  |  |  |  | constantly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **step** | past · perfect · passive |  | Neverland |  |  |  | round the corner | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | would | all |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | would | Neverland | the opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme |
| 6 | **go off** | gerund | the opportunity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **gather** | to-infinitive | the opportunity *not said here* | a few sticks |  |  |  | for firewood | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent stick=Theme for firewood=Beneficiary |
| 8 | **return** | past | Neverland |  |  |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **sweep up** | would · progressive | the others | the blood |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme blood=Trajectory |

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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.

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**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.

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