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title: Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; bu… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics
description: Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy’s help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games. Who acts: we, Adven
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# Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 60

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Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy’s help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games.

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**Who acts:** we, Adventures, Peter, new game, colour, Wendy · **What happens:** see, be, invent, fascinate, have, tell · **To what, where:** help, colour, more interest, interest, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (we, Adventures, Peter, new game), 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:pg16:8:60
# text = Adventures, of course, as we shall see, were of daily occurrence; but about this time Peter invented, with Wendy’s help, a new game that fascinated him enormously, until he suddenly had no more interest in it, which, as you have been told, was what always happened with his games.
1	Adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	1	conj	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	’s	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
32	fascinated	fascinate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	enormously	enormously	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
40	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	42	det	_	_
41	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	42	amod	_	_
42	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	52	aux:pass	_	_
52	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
55	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	39	parataxis	_	_
56	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	57	advmod	_	_
57	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | shall | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **be** | past | Adventures and course *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of daily occurrence | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **invent** | past | Peter | Wendy's help |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Result |
| 4 | **fascinate** | past | a new game | colour |  |  |  | enormously *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 5 | **have** | past | colour | no more interest |  | interest |  | suddenly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient |
| 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient which=Topic |
| 7 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with colour's games; always *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **help** |  | Wendy |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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