--- title: The plumage of the wood-pigeon glistened like pearls as it struck th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The plumage of the wood-pigeon glistened like pearls as it struck the lion's mane with its wings; while the antelope, usually so shy, stood near, nodding its head as if it wished to join in the frolic. Who acts: plumage. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The G --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/172/) [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 Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/) / 172 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, sentence 172 The plumage of the wood-pigeon glistened like pearls as it struck the lion's mane with its wings; while the antelope, usually so shy, stood near, nodding its head as if it wished to join in the frolic. **Who acts:** plumage · **What happens:** glisten, strike, stand, nod, wish, join · **To what, where:** wood pigeon, mane, head This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plumage), 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:pg27200:140:172 # text = The plumage of the wood-pigeon glistened like pearls as it struck the lion's mane with its wings; while the antelope, usually so shy, stood near, nodding its head as if it wished to join in the frolic. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 glistened glisten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 antelope antelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 usually usually ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 31 near near ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 frolic frolic NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glisten** | participle | | the wood pigeon *not said here* | | | | like pearls | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | past | plumage | the lion's mane | | | | with plumage's wings | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mane=Patient with wing=Instrument | | 3 | **stand** | past | | | | | | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **nod** | gerund | | plumage's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **wish** | past | plumage | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | plumage *not said here* | | | | | in the frolic | vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in frolic=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. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/173/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)