--- title: The whole of nature was one large holy church, in which the trees an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The whole of nature was one large holy church, in which the trees and hovering clouds formed the pillars, the flowers and grass the woven velvet carpet, and heaven itself was the great cupola; up there the flame colour vanished as soon as the sun disappeared, but millions of stars were lighted; diam --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/67/) [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 Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/) / 67 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 67 The whole of nature was one large holy church, in which the trees and hovering clouds formed the pillars, the flowers and grass the woven velvet carpet, and heaven itself was the great cupola; up there the flame colour vanished as soon as the sun disappeared, but millions of stars were lighted; diamond lamps were shining, and the king's son stretched his arms out towards heaven, towards the sea, and towards the wood. **Who acts:** trees, grass, heaven, flame colour, sun, diamond lamps · **What happens:** be, hover, form, weave, carpet, vanish · **To what, where:** whole one large holy church, pillars, great cupola, millions, arms This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trees, grass, heaven, flame colour), 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:pg27200:9:67 # text = The whole of nature was one large holy church, in which the trees and hovering clouds formed the pillars, the flowers and grass the woven velvet carpet, and heaven itself was the great cupola; up there the flame colour vanished as soon as the sun disappeared, but millions of stars were lighted; diamond lamps were shining, and the king's son stretched his arms out towards heaven, towards the sea, and towards the wood. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 hovering hover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 18 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 28 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cupola cupola NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 up up ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 59 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 's 's PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 69 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 72 out out ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 73 towards towards ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 76 towards towards ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 81 towards towards ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | whole one large holy church | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **form** | past | the trees and hovering clouds | the pillars and the flowers and the woven velvet carpet | | whole one large holy church | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pillar=Theme | | 4 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **carpet** | | grass | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | heaven heaven | the great cupola | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **vanish** | past | the flame colour | | | there | | soon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **disappear** | past | the sun | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **light** | past · passive | | millions of stars | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 10 | **shine** | past · progressive | diamond lamps | whole one large holy church *not said here* | | | | towards the sea | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent church=Theme | | 11 | **stretch out** | past | the king's son | sun's arms | | | | towards heaven; out *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient towards heaven=Recipient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/68/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)