--- title: “I will call again in the evening,” Slightly said; “give her beef te… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “I will call again in the evening,” Slightly said; “give her beef tea out of a cup with a spout to it;” but after he had returned the hat to John he blew big breaths, which was his habit on escaping from a difficulty. Who acts: I, Peter, big breaths, habit. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/149/) [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 VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/) / 149 # Peter Pan, Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE, sentence 149 “I will call again in the evening,” Slightly said; “give her beef tea out of a cup with a spout to it;” but after he had returned the hat to John he blew big breaths, which was his habit on escaping from a difficulty. **Who acts:** I, Peter, big breaths, habit · **What happens:** call, say, give, return, blow, be · **To what, where:** beef tea, spout, cup, hat, John, big breaths · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Peter, big breaths, habit), 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:pg16:7:149 # text = “I will call again in the evening,” Slightly said; “give her beef tea out of a cup with a spout to it;” but after he had returned the hat to John he blew big breaths, which was his habit on escaping from a difficulty. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 Slightly slightly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 beef beef NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 after after SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 41 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 breaths breath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 habit habit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 48 on on SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 escaping escape VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | again; evening | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | slightly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | fender's beef tea | spout | a cup | | with a spout | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tea=Theme to it=Recipient | | 4 | **return** | past · perfect | Peter | the hat | John | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hat=Theme to john=Destination | | 5 | **blow** | past | Peter | big breaths | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent breath=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | big breaths | Peter's habit | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **escape** | gerund | Peter's habit *not said here* | | | a difficulty | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from difficulty=Initial\_Location | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/150/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI. THE LITTLE HOUSE](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/7/)