--- title: As from the cup of a lily, the angel rose from amidst the leaves of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As from the cup of a lily, the angel rose from amidst the leaves of the Bible; and, stretching out his arm, the walls of the hut sunk down, as though they had been formed of a light, airy veil of mist, and the green hills and meadows of home, with its ruddy woods, lay spread around him in the quiet --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/18/) [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/) / [In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/) / 18 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea, sentence 18 As from the cup of a lily, the angel rose from amidst the leaves of the Bible; and, stretching out his arm, the walls of the hut sunk down, as though they had been formed of a light, airy veil of mist, and the green hills and meadows of home, with its ruddy woods, lay spread around him in the quiet sunshine of a lovely autumn day. **Who acts:** cup, green hills · **What happens:** rise, stretch out, sink down, form, lay, spread · **To what, where:** leaves, arm, walls, huts, quiet sunshine This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cup, green hills), 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:pg27200:205:18 # text = As from the cup of a lily, the angel rose from amidst the leaves of the Bible; and, stretching out his arm, the walls of the hut sunk down, as though they had been formed of a light, airy veil of mist, and the green hills and meadows of home, with its ruddy woods, lay spread around him in the quiet sunshine of a lovely autumn day. 1 As as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 though though SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 airy airy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 61 ruddy ruddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 64 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 65 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 xcomp _ _ 66 around around ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obl _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 74 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 75 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 76 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | the cup of a lily | | | the leaves of the Bible | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from leaf=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stretch out** | gerund | the cup of a lily *not said here* | angel's arm | | | | the walls of the hut *obl* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 3 | **sink down** | participle | | the walls of the hut *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **form** | past · perfect · passive | | huts *= hut* | | | | of a light and airy veil of mist | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **lay** | present | the green hills and meadows of home and cup's ruddy woods | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **spread** | participle | the green hills and meadows of home and cup's ruddy woods *not said here* | | | the quiet sunshine of a lovely autumn day | | around angel | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Location | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/19/) - ↑ back to [In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/)