--- title: But the mother dreamt that she had gone into the church, and had see… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But the mother dreamt that she had gone into the church, and had seen the painted pictures and the carved angels with the gilded hair, and her own dear boy, the golden treasure of her heart, who was standing among the angels in white robes, singing so sweetly, as surely only the angels can sing; and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/85/) [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 Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/) / 85 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Golden Treasure, sentence 85 But the mother dreamt that she had gone into the church, and had seen the painted pictures and the carved angels with the gilded hair, and her own dear boy, the golden treasure of her heart, who was standing among the angels in white robes, singing so sweetly, as surely only the angels can sing; and that he had soared up with them into the sunshine, and nodded so kindly at his mother. **Who acts:** mother, heart, angels, war · **What happens:** dreamt, go, see, paint, carve, gild · **To what, where:** own dear boy, church, painted pictures, sunshine, heart This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, heart, angels, war), 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:pg27200:39:85 # text = But the mother dreamt that she had gone into the church, and had seen the painted pictures and the carved angels with the gilded hair, and her own dear boy, the golden treasure of her heart, who was standing among the angels in white robes, singing so sweetly, as surely only the angels can sing; and that he had soared up with them into the sunshine, and nodded so kindly at his mother. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dreamt dreamt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 angels angel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 gilded gild VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl _ _ 44 among among ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 angels angel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 conj _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 56 surely surely ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 57 only only ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 angels angel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nsubj _ _ 60 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 soared soar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 68 up up ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 69 with with ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ _ 71 into into ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 77 so so ADV RB _ 78 advmod _ _ 78 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 79 at at ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dreamt** | past | the mother | mother's own dear boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past · perfect | mother | | | the church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into church=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | the mother *not said here* | the painted pictures and the carved angels with the gilded hair | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus | | 4 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **gild** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **stand** | past · progressive | mother's heart | | | | | among the angels in white robes | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among angel=Location | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | mother's heart *not said here* | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | can | the angels | | | | | surely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 10 | **soar up** | past · perfect | war | | | the sunshine | | with angels *= angel* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sunshine=Trajectory | | 11 | **nod** | past | the mother *not said here* | | | | | at war's mother; kindly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **treasure** | | | mother's heart | | | | | nom treasure «possession 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. 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