--- title: “I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,” Slightly said,… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,” Slightly said, in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite; but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him, for he added hastily, “but I wish he would come back, and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella.” Who act --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/74/) [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/) / 74 # Peter Pan, Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE, sentence 74 “I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,” Slightly said, in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite; but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him, for he added hastily, “but I wish he would come back, and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella.” **Who acts:** I, only one, tone, distant sound, Peter · **What happens:** be, not be, say, prevent, disturb, add · **To what, where:** only one, tone, general favourite, Peter, us, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (I, only one, tone, distant sound), 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:pg16:6:74 # text = “I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,” Slightly said, in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite; but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him, for he added hastily, “but I wish he would come back, and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 Slightly slightly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 favourite favourite NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 33 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 disturbed disturb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 41 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 nsubj _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 50 back back ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 54 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 iobj _ _ 55 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 59 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 58 obj _ _ 60 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 59 amod _ _ 61 about about ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | the only one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the only one | | | | | of the pirates; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | the tone | | slightly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in tone=Manner | | 4 | **prevent** | past | the tone | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 5 | **is a** | gerund | | Peter's general favourite | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **disturb** | past | some distant sound | Peter | | | | perhaps *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Peter | | | | | hastily *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **come back** *in a quote* | would | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 11 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Peter | anything | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/75/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V. THE ISLAND COME TRUE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/6/)