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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seemed	nsubj
2	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 stirred	mark
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 stirred	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 vestments	det
6	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 vestments	amod
7	vestments	vestment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stirred	nsubj:pass
8	stirred	stir	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 seemed	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 higher	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 higher	cc
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 figures	case
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 figures	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 figures	det
14	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 figures	compound
15	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 higher	nsubj
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 covered	nsubj
17	covered	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 figures	acl:relcl
18	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 higher	cop
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 heads	nmod:poss
20	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 higher	nsubj
21	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 seemed	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 gaze	punct
23	to	to	PART	_	24 gaze	mark
24	gaze	gaze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 higher	conj
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	30 altar	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 altar	det
27	brightly	brightly	ADV	_	28 colored	advmod
28	colored	color	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 altar	amod
29	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 altar	amod
30	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gaze	obl
31	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	37 swung	advmod
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 boys	det
33	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 robed	compound
34	-	-	PUNCT	_	33 white	punct
35	robed	robe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 boys	amod
36	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 swung	nsubj
37	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 altar	advcl
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 censers	det
39	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 censers	amod
40	censers	censer	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 swung	obj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 music	punct
42	amid	amid	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 music	compound
43	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 censers	conj
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 song	cc
45	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 censers	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 filled	punct
47	while	while	SCONJ	_	53 filled	mark
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 fragrance	det
49	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 fragrance	amod
50	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 filled	nsubj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 incense	case
52	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 fragrance	nmod
53	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 censers	conj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 church	det
55	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 filled	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 streamed	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 streamed	cc
58	streamed	stream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 gaze	conj
59	forth	forth	ADV	_	58 streamed	advmod
60	into	into	ADP	_	62 square	case
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 square	det
62	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 streamed	obl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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.

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