--- title: “Am I not a wonder, oh, I am a wonder!” he whispered to her, and tho… — Peter Pan · tree and pragmatics description: “Am I not a wonder, oh, I am a wonder!” he whispered to her, and though she thought so also, she was really glad for the sake of his reputation that no one heard him except herself. Who acts: wonder, Wendy, one, Hook. A sentence of «Peter Pan» by J. M. Barrie, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/92/) [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/) / 92 # Peter Pan, Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON, sentence 92 “Am I not a wonder, oh, I am a wonder!” he whispered to her, and though she thought so also, she was really glad for the sake of his reputation that no one heard him except herself. **Who acts:** wonder, Wendy, one, Hook · **What happens:** not be, be, whisper, think, hear, repute · **To what, where:** wonder, Wendy, Hook · **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 (wonder, Wendy, one, Hook), 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:pg16:9:92 # text = “Am I not a wonder, oh, I am a wonder!” he whispered to her, and though she thought so also, she was really glad for the sake of his reputation that no one heard him except herself. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 oh oh INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 26 also also ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 really really ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 except except ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | a wonder *= wonder* | a wonder | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a wonder *= wonder* | a wonder | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **whisper** *speech: express* | past | a wonder | | Wendy | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Wendy | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Wendy | | | | | for the sake of Hook's reputation; glad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | past | no one | Hook | | | | except Wendy | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **repute** | | Hook | | | | | | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/93/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII. THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg16/9/)