--- title: And Tootles answered, “Redskin; what are you, Nibs?” and Nibs said,… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: And Tootles answered, “Redskin; what are you, Nibs?” and Nibs said, “Redskin; what are you Twin?” and so on; and they were all redskins; and of course this would have ended the fight had not the real redskins fascinated by Peter’s methods, agreed to be lost boys for that once, and so at it they all --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/75/) [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/) / 75 # Peter Pan, Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND, sentence 75 And Tootles answered, “Redskin; what are you, Nibs?” and Nibs said, “Redskin; what are you Twin?” and so on; and they were all redskins; and of course this would have ended the fight had not the real redskins fascinated by Peter’s methods, agreed to be lost boys for that once, and so at it they all went again, more fiercely than ever. **Who acts:** Tootles, you, Nibs, Redskin, fight · **What happens:** answer, be, say, end, have, fascinate · **To what, where:** Redskin, Twin, redskins, this, real redskins, boys · **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 (Tootles, you, Nibs, Redskin), 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:pg16:8:75 # text = And Tootles answered, “Redskin; what are you, Nibs?” and Nibs said, “Redskin; what are you Twin?” and so on; and they were all redskins; and of course this would have ended the fight had not the real redskins fascinated by Peter’s methods, agreed to be lost boys for that once, and so at it they all went again, more fiercely than ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Tootles tootle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Redskin Redskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 Nibs nib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Nibs nib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Redskin Redskin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 Twin Twin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 on on ADV RB _ 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 redskins redskin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 fixed _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux _ _ 44 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 redskins redskin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 52 fascinated fascinate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 methods method NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 xcomp _ _ 62 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 obl _ _ 65 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 73 advmod _ _ 73 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 74 again again ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 77 advmod _ _ 77 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 78 than than ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: ask* | past | Tootles | | Redskin | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | Redskin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Nibs and Nibs | Redskin | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Redskin | Twin | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | Tootles *= tootle* | all redskins | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **end** | would · perfect · passive | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | the fight | the real redskins | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent redskin=Patient | | 8 | **fascinate** | participle | | the real redskins *not said here* | | | | by Peter's methods | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | | the real redskins *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **lose** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | boys | | | | for that; once *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: boy=Eventuality | | 11 | **go** | past | fight | | | | again | fiercely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/76/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VII. THE HOME UNDER THE GROUND](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/8/)