--- title: The door still seems to open, and the lights seem to flame in the br… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The door still seems to open, and the lights seem to flame in the brazen candlesticks; the fragrance of incense arises; the church gleams in its ancient splendor; and the monks sing and say the mass over the slain bishop, who lies there in the black silver-embroidered mantle, with the crozier in his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/12/118/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/12/) / 118 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, sentence 118 The door still seems to open, and the lights seem to flame in the brazen candlesticks; the fragrance of incense arises; the church gleams in its ancient splendor; and the monks sing and say the mass over the slain bishop, who lies there in the black silver-embroidered mantle, with the crozier in his powerless hand; and on his pale proud forehead gleams the red wound like fire, and there burn the worldly mind and the wicked thoughts. **Who acts:** door, lights, fragrance, church, monks, slain bishop · **What happens:** seem, open, arise, gleam, sing, say · **To what, where:** flame, ancient splendor, mass, slain bishop, black embroidered mantle, red wound · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (door, lights, fragrance, church), 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:pg27200:12:118 # text = The door still seems to open, and the lights seem to flame in the brazen candlesticks; the fragrance of incense arises; the church gleams in its ancient splendor; and the monks sing and say the mass over the slain bishop, who lies there in the black silver-embroidered mantle, with the crozier in his powerless hand; and on his pale proud forehead gleams the red wound like fire, and there burn the worldly mind and the wicked thoughts. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 candlesticks candlestick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 arises arise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gleams gleam VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 splendor splendor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 51 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 52 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 amod _ _ 55 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 crozier crozier NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 powerless powerless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 71 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 68 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 69 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 71 gleams gleam VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 75 like like ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 79 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 80 expl _ _ 80 burn burn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 advcl _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 worldly worldly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | present | the door | | | | still | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | the door *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | present | the lights | flame in the brazen candlesticks | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **arise** | present | the fragrance of incense | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **gleam** | present | the church | | | door's ancient splendor | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in splendor=Location | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the monks | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the monks *not said here* | the mass | | the slain bishop | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mass=Topic | | 8 | **lie** | present | the slain bishop | | | the black embroidered mantle; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mantle=Location | | 9 | **embroider** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **gleam** | present | the door *not said here* | the red wound | | church's pale proud forehead | | like fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Theme | | 11 | **burn** | present | the door *not said here* | the worldly mind and the wicked thoughts | | there | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mind=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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