Legends of the conquest of Spain, Note to the Preceding Legend., sentence 10

8.) says, that the said house fairies (or familiar spirits), or those of the air, cause the apparitions of armies and battles; such as those which are related in tradition (and some persons even depose to the truth of them as eye-witnesses) of the town and castle of Marcuello, a fortress at the foot of the mountains of Arragon (at present uninhabitable, on account of the great and frightful noises heard in it), the place of retreat of Count Don Julian, the cause of the perdition of Spain.

Who acts: those, persons · What happens: say, cause, be, depose, hear, account · To what, where: apparitions, tradition, great noises, account, perdition · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Note to the Preceding Legend.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (those, persons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 says	ccomp
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 8	punct
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	1 8	punct
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fairies	punct
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 fairies	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fairies	det
8	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 fairies	amod
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fairies	compound
10	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 spirits	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 spirits	cc
13	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spirits	amod
14	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fairies	appos
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 spirits	punct
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 cause	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 cause	cc
18	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	23 cause	nsubj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 air	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 air	det
21	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 those	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 those	punct
23	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 apparitions	det
25	apparitions	apparition	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 cause	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	27 armies	case
27	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 apparitions	nmod
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 battles	cc
29	battles	battle	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 apparitions	conj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 related	punct
31	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	33 those	case
32	as	as	ADP	_	31 such	fixed
33	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	36 related	nsubj
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 those	nmod
35	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 related	cop
36	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 cause	conj
37	in	in	ADP	_	38 tradition	case
38	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 related	obl
39	(	(	PUNCT	_	44 depose	punct
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 depose	cc
41	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	42 persons	det
42	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 depose	nsubj
43	even	even	ADV	_	44 depose	advmod
44	depose	depose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 related	conj
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 truth	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 truth	det
47	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 depose	obl
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 them	case
49	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 truth	nmod
50	as	as	ADP	_	53 witnesses	case
51	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 witnesses	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 eye	punct
53	witnesses	witness	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 depose	obl
54	)	)	PUNCT	_	36 related	punct
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 town	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 town	det
57	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 related	obl
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 castle	cc
59	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 town	conj
60	of	of	ADP	_	61 Marcuello	case
61	Marcuello	Marcuello	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 castle	nmod
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 fortress	punct
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 fortress	det
64	fortress	fortress	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 town	conj
65	at	at	ADP	_	67 foot	case
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 foot	det
67	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 fortress	nmod
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 mountains	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 mountains	det
70	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	67 foot	nmod
71	of	of	ADP	_	72 Arragon	case
72	Arragon	Arragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	70 mountains	nmod
73	(	(	PUNCT	_	79 account	punct
74	at	at	ADP	_	79 account	case
75	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 account	amod
76	uninhabitable	uninhabitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 account	amod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 account	punct
78	on	on	ADP	_	79 account	case
79	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 Arragon	appos
80	of	of	ADP	_	85 noises	case
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	85 noises	det
82	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	85 noises	amod
83	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 frightful	cc
84	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	82 great	conj
85	noises	noise	NOUN	Number=Plur	79 account	nmod
86	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	85 noises	acl
87	in	in	ADP	_	88 it	case
88	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 heard	obl
89	)	)	PUNCT	_	79 account	punct
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 place	punct
91	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	92 place	det
92	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 town	conj
93	of	of	ADP	_	94 retreat	case
94	retreat	retreat	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 place	nmod
95	of	of	ADP	_	97 Don	case
96	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 Don	compound
97	Don	Don	PROPN	Number=Sing	94 retreat	nmod
98	Julian	Julian	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 Don	flat
99	,	,	PUNCT	_	101 cause	punct
100	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	101 cause	det
101	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 Don	appos
102	of	of	ADP	_	104 perdition	case
103	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	104 perdition	det
104	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	101 cause	nmod
105	of	of	ADP	_	106 Spain	case
106	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	104 perdition	nmod
107	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present				8 ccomp; the said house fairies ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	participle					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	cause	infinitive	those of the air	the apparitions of armies and battles			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition apparition=Patient
4	is	present	those		tradition	of the town and castle of Marcuello and a fortress at the foot of the mountains of Arragon and the place of retreat of Count Don; related property	tree rules
5	depose	present	some persons			to the truth of battles; as eye witnesses	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	hear	participle		the great noises not said here	account		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
7	account			the great noises			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
8	cause			the perdition of Spain			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, Note to the Preceding Legend., sentence 10