--- title: He knew, also, that even if he ascended to the top of the highest mo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He knew, also, that even if he ascended to the top of the highest mountain which rears its lofty summit on this earth, the air, which to us seems clear and transparent, would there be dark and cloudy; the sun would have a coppery glow and send forth no rays, and our earth would lie beneath him wrapp --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/33/) [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 Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/) / 33 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 33 He knew, also, that even if he ascended to the top of the highest mountain which rears its lofty summit on this earth, the air, which to us seems clear and transparent, would there be dark and cloudy; the sun would have a coppery glow and send forth no rays, and our earth would lie beneath him wrapped in an orange-colored mist. **Who acts:** man, highest mountain, earth, sun · **What happens:** know, ascend, rear, seem, be, have · **To what, where:** top, lofty summit, earth, coppery glow, rays, colored mist This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, highest mountain, earth, sun), 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:pg27200:143:33 # text = He knew, also, that even if he ascended to the top of the highest mountain which rears its lofty summit on this earth, the air, which to us seems clear and transparent, would there be dark and cloudy; the sun would have a coppery glow and send forth no rays, and our earth would lie beneath him wrapped in an orange-colored mist. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 ascended ascend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 rears rear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 summit summit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 34 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 transparent transparent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 cloudy cloudy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 coppery coppery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 54 forth forth ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 56 det _ _ 56 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 63 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 65 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 xcomp _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 67 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 68 orange orange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 amod _ _ 71 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **ascend** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | man | | | the top of the highest mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to top=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **rear** | present | the highest mountain | mountain's lofty summit | | this earth and the air | | | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent summit=Patient | | 4 | **seem** | present | this earth and the air | | | | | clear *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | would | | | | there | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | would | the sun | a coppery glow | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glow=Patient | | 8 | **send** | present | the sun *not said here* | no rays | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ray=Theme | | 9 | **lie** | would | our earth | | | | | beneath man | tree rules | | 10 | **wrap** | participle | our earth *not said here* | | | a colored mist | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in mist=Destination | | 11 | **color** | participle | | | | | | | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=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:** «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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/34/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)