--- title: In the light of the lantern Wendy saw his hook grip the boat’s side;… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: In the light of the lantern Wendy saw his hook grip the boat’s side; she saw his evil swarthy face as he rose dripping from the water, and, quaking, she would have liked to swim away, but Peter would not budge. Who acts: Wendy, hook, Peter. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VIII. TH --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/90/) [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/) / 90 # Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 90 In the light of the lantern Wendy saw his hook grip the boat’s side; she saw his evil swarthy face as he rose dripping from the water, and, quaking, she would have liked to swim away, but Peter would not budge. **Who acts:** Wendy, hook, Peter · **What happens:** see, grip, rise, drip, quake, like · **To what, where:** light, side, evil swarthy face, water, lantern · **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 (Wendy, hook, Peter), 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:pg16:9:90 # text = In the light of the lantern Wendy saw his hook grip the boat’s side; she saw his evil swarthy face as he rose dripping from the water, and, quaking, she would have liked to swim away, but Peter would not budge. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 grip grip VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 20 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 swarthy swarthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 dripping drip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 quaking quake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 38 liked like VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 budge budge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Wendy | | | the light of the lantern | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **grip** | present | Hook's hook | the boat's side | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | past | Wendy | Hook's evil swarthy face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 4 | **rise** | past | Hook | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **drip** | gerund | Hook *not said here* | | | the water | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from water=Source | | 6 | **quake** | gerund | Wendy *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **like** | would · perfect | Wendy | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **swim away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wendy *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **budge** | would | Peter | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **light** | | | the lantern | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/91/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/)