Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 174

The curse of Heaven, which had thus pursued him to the grave, was extended to the very place which had given him shelter: for we are told that the castle is no longer inhabited, on account of the strange and horrible noises that are heard in it; and that visions of armed men are seen above it in the air; which are supposed to be the troubled spirits of the apostate Christians who favoured the cause of the traitor.

Who acts: place, Christians · What happens: pursue, extend, give, tell, inhabit, hear · To what, where: curse, place, shelter, God, we, castle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (place, Christians), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 curse	det
2	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 extended	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Heaven	case
4	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 curse	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pursued	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 pursued	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pursued	aux
8	thus	thus	ADV	_	9 pursued	advmod
9	pursued	pursue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 curse	acl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pursued	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 grave	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grave	det
13	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pursued	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 curse	punct
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 extended	aux:pass
16	extended	extend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 place	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 place	det
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 place	advmod
20	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 extended	obl
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 given	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 given	aux
23	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	20 place	acl:relcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 given	iobj
25	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 given	obj
26	:	:	PUNCT	_	30 told	punct
27	for	for	SCONJ	_	30 told	mark
28	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	30 told	nsubj
29	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 told	aux:pass
30	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 extended	conj
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 inhabited	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 castle	det
33	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 inhabited	nsubj:pass
34	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 inhabited	aux:pass
35	no	no	ADV	_	36 longer	advmod
36	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	37 inhabited	advmod
37	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 told	ccomp
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 account	punct
39	on	on	ADP	_	40 account	case
40	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 inhabited	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	46 noises	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 noises	det
43	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 noises	amod
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 horrible	cc
45	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 strange	conj
46	noises	noise	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 account	nmod
47	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 heard	nsubj:pass
48	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 heard	aux:pass
49	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 noises	acl:relcl
50	in	in	ADP	_	51 it	case
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 heard	obl
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	60 seen	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 seen	cc
54	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 visions	det
55	visions	vision	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 seen	nsubj:pass
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 men	case
57	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 men	amod
58	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 visions	nmod
59	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	60 seen	aux:pass
60	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 extended	conj
61	above	above	ADP	_	62 it	case
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 seen	obl
63	in	in	ADP	_	65 air	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 air	det
65	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 seen	obl
66	;	;	PUNCT	_	69 supposed	punct
67	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	69 supposed	nsubj:pass
68	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 supposed	aux:pass
69	supposed	suppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 extended	conj
70	to	to	PART	_	74 spirits	mark
71	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	74 spirits	cop
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 spirits	det
73	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 spirits	amod
74	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 supposed	xcomp
75	of	of	ADP	_	77 apostate	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	77 apostate	det
77	apostate	apostate	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 spirits	nmod
78	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	77 apostate	appos
79	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	80 favoured	nsubj
80	favoured	favour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 Christians	acl:relcl
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	82 cause	det
82	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 favoured	obj
83	of	of	ADP	_	85 traitor	case
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 traitor	det
85	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 cause	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 extended	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	pursue	past · perfect · passive		the curse of Heaven			to the grave; God obj; thus property	tree rules
2	extend	past · passive		the curse of Heaven	the place			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to place=Recipient
3	give	past · perfect	the place	shelter	God			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient shelter=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	present · passive		we				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
5	inhabit	present · passive		the castle		account of the strange noises	long property	tree rules
6	hear	present · passive		the strange noises		castle		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
7	see	present · passive		that visions of armed men		castle	in the air	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
8	suppose	present · passive					which nsubj:pass	vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
9	is a	to-infinitive		the troubled spirits			of the apostate	tree rules
10	favour	past	Christians	the cause of the traitor				tree rules
11	curse			Heaven				nom curse «communication transitive»: of=patient
12	account			the strange noises				nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
13	cause			the traitor				nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 174