--- title: His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound me… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. Who acts: eyes, man, two red spots. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/41/) [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/) / 41 # Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 41 His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. **Who acts:** eyes, man, two red spots · **What happens:** be, save, plunge, appear, lit up · **To what, where:** hook, time, eyes 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 (eyes, man, two red spots), 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:pg16:6:41 # text = His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 blue blue NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forget forget NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 profound profound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 plunging plunge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 33 det _ _ 33 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 lit lit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 horribly horribly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | man's eyes | | | | | of the blue; of the forget me | tree rules | | 2 | **save** | infinitive | | | | | time | of a profound melancholy | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **plunge** | past · progressive | man | man's hook | | | | into you | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hook=Theme | | 4 | **appear** | past | two red spots | which time *not said here* | | | | in eyes *= eye* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 5 | **lit up** | infinitive | | eyes *= eye* | | | | horribly *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/)