--- title: But I am afraid that Wendy did not really worry about her father and… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: But I am afraid that Wendy did not really worry about her father and mother; she was absolutely confident that they would always keep the window open for her to fly back by, and this gave her complete ease of mind. Who acts: I, Wendy, fireplace, this. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/41/) [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 VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/) / 41 # Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 41 But I am afraid that Wendy did not really worry about her father and mother; she was absolutely confident that they would always keep the window open for her to fly back by, and this gave her complete ease of mind. **Who acts:** I, Wendy, fireplace, this · **What happens:** be, not worry, keep, fly back, give · **To what, where:** window, complete ease This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Wendy, fireplace, this), 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:pg16:8:41 # text = But I am afraid that Wendy did not really worry about her father and mother; she was absolutely confident that they would always keep the window open for her to fly back by, and this gave her complete ease of mind. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 worry worry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 confident confident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 38 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **worry** | past · do-support | Wendy | | | | | about fireplace's father and mother | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about father=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | fireplace | | | | | absolutely, confident *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | would | Wendy | the window | | | | always, open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | | 5 | **fly back** | to-infinitive | fireplace | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | this | fireplace's complete ease of mind | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ease=Theme | 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/pg16/8/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/42/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/)