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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 4

So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land: and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors, in its train.

Who acts: calamity, this, warfare · What happens: fill, be, sound, carry · To what, where: inhabitants, alarm, land, warfare, chains

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (calamity, this, warfare), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

advmodccconjpunctmarkdetnsubjadvclobjcaseoblccconjpunctcasensubjcopadvmodcasedetconjcaseoblauxacl:relclcasenmod:possoblpunctccnsubjcopdetacl:relclnsubjacl:relclobjccconjpunctccdetconjcasenmodpunctcasenmod:possconjpunctrootSoADVstrangeADJandCCONJunlookedADJ-PUNCTforSCONJaDETcalamityNOUNfilledVERBthemPRONwithADPconsternationNOUNandCCONJdespairNOUN;PUNCTforADPitPRONwasAUXlongADVsinceADPtheDETalarmNOUNofADPwarNOUNhadAUXsoundedVERBinADPtheirPRONlandNOUN:PUNCTandCCONJthisPRONwasAUXaDETwarfareNOUNthatPRONcarriedVERBchainsNOUNandCCONJslaveryNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJallDETkindsNOUNofADPhorrorsNOUN,PUNCTinADPitsPRONtrainNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_2 strangeadvmod
2strangestrangeADJDegree=Posrootroot
3andandCCONJ_4 unlookedcc
4unlookedunlookedADJDegree=Pos2 strangeconj
5--PUNCT_4 unlookedpunct
6forforSCONJ_9 filledmark
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 calamitydet
8calamitycalamityNOUNNumber=Sing9 fillednsubj
9filledfillVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 unlookedadvcl
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 filledobj
11withwithADP_12 consternationcase
12consternationconsternationNOUNNumber=Sing9 filledobl
13andandCCONJ_14 despaircc
14despairdespairNOUNNumber=Sing12 consternationconj
15;;PUNCT_22 alarmpunct
16forforADP_22 alarmcase
17ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 alarmnsubj
18wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 alarmcop
19longlongADVDegree=Pos22 alarmadvmod
20sincesinceADP_22 alarmcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 alarmdet
22alarmalarmNOUNNumber=Sing2 strangeconj
23ofofADP_24 warcase
24warwarNOUNNumber=Sing26 soundedobl
25hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 soundedaux
26soundedsoundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part22 alarmacl:relcl
27ininADP_29 landcase
28theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 landnmod:poss
29landlandNOUNNumber=Sing26 soundedobl
30::PUNCT_35 warfarepunct
31andandCCONJ_35 warfarecc
32thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem35 warfarensubj
33wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 warfarecop
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 warfaredet
35warfarewarfareNOUNNumber=Sing29 landacl:relcl
36thatthatPRONPronType=Rel37 carriednsubj
37carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 warfareacl:relcl
38chainschainNOUNNumber=Plur37 carriedobj
39andandCCONJ_40 slaverycc
40slaveryslaveryNOUNNumber=Sing38 chainsconj
41,,PUNCT_44 kindspunct
42andandCCONJ_44 kindscc
43allallDETPronType=Tot44 kindsdet
44kindskindNOUNNumber=Plur35 warfareconj
45ofofADP_46 horrorscase
46horrorshorrorNOUNNumber=Plur44 kindsnmod
47,,PUNCT_50 trainpunct
48ininADP_50 traincase
49itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 trainnmod:poss
50traintrainNOUNNumber=Sing35 warfareconj
51..PUNCT_2 strangepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fillpasta calamityinhabitants = inhabitantwith consternation and despairvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with consternation=Instrument
2ispastcalamityfor the alarm; long propertytree rules
3soundpast · perfectthe alarm not said hereinhabitants's landof warvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location
4is apastthisa warfare and all kinds of horrors and calamity's trainall kinds of horrors conj; calamity's train conjtree rules
5carrypasta warfare and all kinds of horrors and calamity's trainchains and slaveryvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Theme

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: «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (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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