--- title: There were, however, many adventures which she knew to be true becau… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: There were, however, many adventures which she knew to be true because she was in them herself, and there were still more that were at least partly true, for the other boys were in them and said they were wholly true. Who acts: many, more, Adventures. 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/pg16/8/69/) [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/) / 69 # Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 69 There were, however, many adventures which she knew to be true because she was in them herself, and there were still more that were at least partly true, for the other boys were in them and said they were wholly true. **Who acts:** many, more, Adventures · **What happens:** know, be, say · **To what, where:** many adventures · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (many, more, Adventures), 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:pg16:8:69 # text = There were, however, many adventures which she knew to be true because she was in them herself, and there were still more that were at least partly true, for the other boys were in them and said they were wholly true. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 ccomp _ _ 19 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 obl _ _ 30 partly partly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | many | many adventures | | | | many *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | many *not said here* | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | many | | | | | in Adventures *= adventure* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | more | | | | | partly, true *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | in Adventures *= adventure*; for the other boys | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Adventures *= adventure* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Adventures *= adventure* | | | | | true, wholly *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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/70/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/)