--- title: Then already the palace of the Caesars was a ruin, as it is now; fig… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then already the palace of the Caesars was a ruin, as it is now; fig trees and laurels grew among the fallen marble columns, and in the desolate bathing-halls, where the gilding still clings to the wall; the Coliseum was a gigantic ruin; the church bells sounded, the incense sent up its fragrant clo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/7/) [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/) / 7 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 7 Then already the palace of the Caesars was a ruin, as it is now; fig trees and laurels grew among the fallen marble columns, and in the desolate bathing-halls, where the gilding still clings to the wall; the Coliseum was a gigantic ruin; the church bells sounded, the incense sent up its fragrant cloud, and through the streets marched processions with flaming tapers and glowing canopies. **Who acts:** palace, fig trees, gilding, Coliseum, church bells, incense · **What happens:** be, grow, fall, desolate, cling, sound · **To what, where:** ruin, desolate bathing halls, gigantic ruin, incense, fragrant cloud, processions 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 (palace, fig trees, gilding, Coliseum), 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:pg27200:151:7 # text = Then already the palace of the Caesars was a ruin, as it is now; fig trees and laurels grew among the fallen marble columns, and in the desolate bathing-halls, where the gilding still clings to the wall; the Coliseum was a gigantic ruin; the church bells sounded, the incense sent up its fragrant cloud, and through the streets marched processions with flaming tapers and glowing canopies. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 already already ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Caesars Caesar PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 laurels laurel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 21 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 22 among among ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 25 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 compound _ _ 32 bathing bathing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 gilding gilding NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 clings cling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Coliseum Coliseum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 fragrant fragrant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 through through ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ _ 69 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 conj _ _ 70 processions procession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 flaming flaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 compound _ _ 73 tapers taper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 glowing glow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 69 conj _ _ 76 canopies canopy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the palace of the Caesars | a ruin | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | palace | a ruin *not said here* | | | now | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ruin=Theme | | 3 | **grow** | past | fig trees and laurels | a ruin *not said here* | | the desolate bathing halls | | among the fallen marble columns | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ruin=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **desolate** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cling** | present | the gilding | | | | still | to the wall | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to wall=Co-Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | the Coliseum | a gigantic ruin | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sound** | past | the church bells | the incense | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **send up** | participle | the incense *not said here* | Coliseum's fragrant cloud | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme | | 10 | **march** | past | the church bells *not said here* | processions | | the streets | | with flaming tapers | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent procession=Theme through street=Trajectory | | 11 | **glow** | gerund | the church bells *not said here* | canopies | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent canopy=Theme | | 12 | **cloud** | | Coliseum | | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/8/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)