--- title: You must not think from this that the mermaids were on friendly term… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: You must not think from this that the mermaids were on friendly terms with them: on the contrary, it was among Wendy’s lasting regrets that all the time she was on the island she never had a civil word from one of them. Who acts: You, mermaids, most, that. 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/pg16/9/5/) [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 VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/) / 5 # Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 5 You must not think from this that the mermaids were on friendly terms with them: on the contrary, it was among Wendy’s lasting regrets that all the time she was on the island she never had a civil word from one of them. **Who acts:** You, mermaids, most, that, Wendy · **What happens:** not think, be, last, not have · **To what, where:** this, friendly terms, island, civil word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, mermaids, most, that), 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:pg16:9:5 # text = You must not think from this that the mermaids were on friendly terms with them: on the contrary, it was among Wendy’s lasting regrets that all the time she was on the island she never had a civil word from one of them. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mermaids mermaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 23 among among ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 lasting last VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 regrets regret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 parataxis _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 parataxis _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 civil civil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | must | You | | | this | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the mermaids | | | friendly terms | | with terms *= term* | tree rules | | 3 | **last** | gerund | | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | most | | | | | among Wendy's lasting regrets | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | that | | | the island | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **have** | past | Wendy | a civil word | | | | from one of mermaids | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/6/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/)