--- title: As the evening advanced, the shadows fell upon the snow-capped mount… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As the evening advanced, the shadows fell upon the snow-capped mountains of Savoy painting them in colors of deep blue, while their topmost peaks glowed like red lava; and for a moment this light was reflected on the cultivated parts of the mountains, making them appear as if newly risen from the la --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/13/) [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/) / [XV. the Conclusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/) / 13 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XV. the Conclusion, sentence 13 As the evening advanced, the shadows fell upon the snow-capped mountains of Savoy painting them in colors of deep blue, while their topmost peaks glowed like red lava; and for a moment this light was reflected on the cultivated parts of the mountains, making them appear as if newly risen from the lap of earth, and giving to the snow-crested peak of the Dent du Midi the appearance of the full moon as it rises above the horizon. **Who acts:** shadows, capped mountains, topmost peaks, peaks, light · **What happens:** fall, cap, paint, glow, reflect, cultivate · **To what, where:** capped mountains, shadows, colors, light, cultivated parts, peaks This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XV. the Conclusion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (shadows, capped mountains, topmost peaks, peaks), 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:pg27200:66:13 # text = As the evening advanced, the shadows fell upon the snow-capped mountains of Savoy painting them in colors of deep blue, while their topmost peaks glowed like red lava; and for a moment this light was reflected on the cultivated parts of the mountains, making them appear as if newly risen from the lap of earth, and giving to the snow-crested peak of the Dent du Midi the appearance of the full moon as it rises above the horizon. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 advanced advanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 capped cap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Savoy Savoy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 painting paint VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 topmost topmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 glowed glow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 lava lava NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 reflected reflect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 cultivated cultivate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 if if SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 newly newly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 risen rise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 ccomp _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 65 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 67 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 crested crest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 amod _ _ 70 peak peak NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 73 Dent Dent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 74 du du PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 compound _ _ 75 Midi Midi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ _ 82 as as SCONJ IN _ 84 mark _ _ 83 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 advcl _ _ 85 above above ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 84 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the shadows | | | the capped mountains of Savoy | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon mountain=Location | | 2 | **cap** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **paint** | gerund | the capped mountains of Savoy *not said here* | shadows *= shadow* | | colors of deep blue | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in color=Destination | | 4 | **glow** | participle | shadows's topmost peaks | | | | | like red lava | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **reflect** | past · passive | | this light | | the cultivated parts of the mountains | moment | | tree rules | | 6 | **cultivate** | participle | | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | gerund | | peaks *= peak* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **appear** | infinitive | peaks *= peak* *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **rise** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | peaks *= peak* *not said here* | | | the lap of earth | | newly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from lap=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **give** | gerund | | the appearance of the full moon | the crested peak of the Dent du Midi | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme to peak=Recipient | | 11 | **crest** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **rise** | present | light | | | the horizon | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above horizon=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. 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