--- title: His mighty summits was crowned with spreading fresh green foliage; t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: His mighty summits was crowned with spreading fresh green foliage; the sunbeams played among the leaves and branches, and the air was full of fragrance from herb and blossom; painted butterflies chased each other; the summer flies danced around him, as if the world had been created merely for them t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/47/) [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 Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/) / 47 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak, sentence 47 His mighty summits was crowned with spreading fresh green foliage; the sunbeams played among the leaves and branches, and the air was full of fragrance from herb and blossom; painted butterflies chased each other; the summer flies danced around him, as if the world had been created merely for them to dance and be merry in. **Who acts:** sunbeams, air, painted butterflies, summer flies, flies · **What happens:** crown, spread, play, be, paint, chase · **To what, where:** mighty summits, fresh green foliage, herb, each, world This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Last Dream of the Old Oak. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sunbeams, air, painted butterflies, summer flies), 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:pg27200:69:47 # text = His mighty summits was crowned with spreading fresh green foliage; the sunbeams played among the leaves and branches, and the air was full of fragrance from herb and blossom; painted butterflies chased each other; the summer flies danced around him, as if the world had been created merely for them to dance and be merry in. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 summits summit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 crowned crown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spreading spread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sunbeams sunbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 butterflies butterfly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 35 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 36 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 35 obj _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 43 around around ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 53 merely merely ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 60 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | past · passive | | cuckoo's mighty summits | | | | painted butterflies *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **spread** | gerund | | fresh green foliage | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location foliage=Theme | | 3 | **play** | past | the sunbeams | | | | | among the leaves and branches | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the air | | | herb and blossom | | of fragrance; full *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **chase** | participle | painted butterflies *not said here* | each | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | | 7 | **dance** | past | the summer flies | | | | | around cuckoo | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around he=Location | | 8 | **create** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the world | | | | merely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 9 | **dance** | to-infinitive | flies *= fly* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **is** | infinitive | flies *= fly* *not said here* | | | | | merry *property* | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/48/) - ↑ back to [The Last Dream of the Old Oak](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/69/)