--- title: The Star of the roseate dawn beheld and understood what was stirring… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Star of the roseate dawn beheld and understood what was stirring within the young man, and could read the meaning of the changing color of his cheek, of the light that flashed from his eye, as he stood busily working, reproducing what had been put into his soul from above. Who acts: Star, light, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/64/) [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 Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/) / 64 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 64 The Star of the roseate dawn beheld and understood what was stirring within the young man, and could read the meaning of the changing color of his cheek, of the light that flashed from his eye, as he stood busily working, reproducing what had been put into his soul from above. **Who acts:** Star, light, part · **What happens:** behold, understand, stir, read, change, flash · **To what, where:** meaning, eye, soul, changing color This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Psyche. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Star, light, part), 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:pg27200:151:64 # text = The Star of the roseate dawn beheld and understood what was stirring within the young man, and could read the meaning of the changing color of his cheek, of the light that flashed from his eye, as he stood busily working, reproducing what had been put into his soul from above. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 roseate roseate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 stirring stir VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 within within ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 amod _ _ 26 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 flashed flash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 43 busily busily ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 reproducing reproduce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 parataxis _ _ 51 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 above above ADV RB _ 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | participle | the Star of the roseate dawn | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **understand** | participle | the Star of the roseate dawn *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stir** | past · progressive | | | | | | within the young man | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **read** | could | the Star of the roseate dawn *not said here* | the meaning of the changing color of part's cheek | | | | of the light | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 5 | **change** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **flash** | past | the light | | | part's eye | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | past | part | | | | | busily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **work** | gerund | part *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **reproduce** | gerund | part *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | | | part's soul | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 11 | **mean** | | | the changing color of part's cheek | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/65/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)