--- title: It seemed as if the carved vestments stirred, and as if the marble f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed as if the carved vestments stirred, and as if the marble figures they covered raised their heads higher, to gaze upon the brightly colored glowing altar where the white-robed boys swung the golden censers, amid music and song, while the strong fragrance of incense filled the church, and st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/53/) [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 Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/) / 53 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Metal Pig, sentence 53 It seemed as if the carved vestments stirred, and as if the marble figures they covered raised their heads higher, to gaze upon the brightly colored glowing altar where the white-robed boys swung the golden censers, amid music and song, while the strong fragrance of incense filled the church, and streamed forth into the square. **Who acts:** It, figures, marble figures, robed boys, strong fragrance · **What happens:** seem, carve, stir, cover, be, gaze · **To what, where:** carved vestments, marble figures, golden censers, church, square This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Metal Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, figures, marble figures, robed boys), 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:pg27200:89:53 # text = It seemed as if the carved vestments stirred, and as if the marble figures they covered raised their heads higher, to gaze upon the brightly colored glowing altar where the white-robed boys swung the golden censers, amid music and song, while the strong fragrance of incense filled the church, and streamed forth into the square. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 carved carve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 vestments vestment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 cop _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 29 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 robed robe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 censers censer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 amid amid NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 streamed stream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 59 forth forth ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 60 into into ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **carve** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stir** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive | | the carved vestments | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **cover** | past | figures *= figure* | the marble figures *not said here* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme figure=Destination | | 5 | **is** | participle | the marble figures | | | | | high *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **gaze** | to-infinitive | the marble figures *not said here* | | | | | upon the colored glowing altar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon altar=Theme | | 7 | **color** | participle | | | | | | brightly *property* | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **robe** | participle | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **swing** | past | the robed boys | the golden censers and amid music and song | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent censer=Theme | | 11 | **fill** | past | the strong fragrance of incense | the church | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent church=Patient | | 12 | **stream** | participle | the marble figures *not said here* | | | the square | | forth *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into square=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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/54/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)