Maven phase order with mulit-module project?

Forgive me. I am noob in Maven.

Here is my maven project directory:

project/
    pom.xml
    moduleA/
    moduleB/
        sub-moduleA/
        sub-moduleB/
        sub-moduleC/
    moduleC/

Of course, in each module and submodule they have their own pom.xml. In addition, in this example moduleBdepends on moduleAand moduleAdepends on moduleC. I know that in maven there are several phases that it goes through, but each time it takes one phase or each module one at a time. Right now, only the three phases that interest me are this compile, packageand install.

For instance:

He does it in order 1 :

compile moduleC
compile moduleA
compile moduleB
package moduleC
package moduleA
package moduleB
install moduleC
install moduleA
install moduleB

Or does it in order 2 :

compile moduleC
package moduleC
install moduleC
compile moduleA
package moduleA
install moduleA
compile moduleB
package moduleB
install moduleB

Or does he do it in a completely different order, or am I just completely in my understanding in maven?

I am running Maven 2.2.1. Thank!