--- title: The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million s… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/67/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/) / 67 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, sentence 67 The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who had been confirmed with him. **Who acts:** sun, King, same moment · **What happens:** fade away, vanish, light, shine, spread out, come · **To what, where:** red colors, million stars, million lamps, arms, right, wooden shoes This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, King, same moment), 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:pg1597:18:67 # text = The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who had been confirmed with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 above above ADP IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 parataxis _ _ 22 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 29 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 42 when when SCONJ WRB _ 56 mark _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 56 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 jacket jacket NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 68 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl:relcl _ _ 72 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade away** | participle · passive | | the red colors | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **vanish** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **light** | past · passive | | million stars | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **shine** | participle | | million lamps *not said here* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **spread out** | past | the King | king's arms | | | | towards heaven | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme | | 6 | **come** | gerund | the same moment *not said here* | | | the right | | by a path | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to right=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **appear** | past | | | | wood's wooden shoes and jacket and the poor boy | moment | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location | | 8 | **confirm** | past · perfect · passive | | the poor boy | | | | with wood | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/68/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/)