Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 63

The more they gazed, the plainer became the motion, and the louder the noise; and the linen cloth rolled forth, and amplified and spread out, as it were, a mighty banner, and filled the hall, and mingled with the air, until its texture was no longer visible, or appeared as a transparent cloud: and the shadowy figures became all in motion, and the din and uproar became fiercer and fiercer; and whether the whole were an animated picture, or a vision, or an array of embodied spirits, conjured up by supernatural power, no one present could tell.

Who acts: attendants, plainer, noise, texture, shadowy figures, din · What happens: gaze, become, roll, amplify, spread out, be · To what, where: motion, linen cloth, mighty banner, hall, whole animated picture · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (attendants, plainer, noise, texture), 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 more	det
2	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 gazed	advmod
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gazed	nsubj
4	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 became	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plainer	det
7	plainer	plainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	nsubj
8	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gazed	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 motion	det
10	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 became	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 louder	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 louder	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 louder	det
14	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 became	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 noise	det
16	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 louder	nsubj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 gazed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 cloth	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cloth	det
20	linen	linen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cloth	compound
21	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ;	conj
22	rolled	roll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 cloth	acl
23	forth	forth	ADV	_	22 rolled	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 amplified	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 amplified	cc
26	amplified	amplify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 rolled	conj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 spread	cc
28	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 amplified	conj
29	out	out	ADP	_	28 spread	compound:prt
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 banner	punct
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	37 banner	mark
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 banner	nsubj
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 banner	cop
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 banner	punct
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 banner	det
36	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 banner	amod
37	banner	banner	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 amplified	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 filled	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 filled	cc
40	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 amplified	parataxis
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 hall	det
42	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 filled	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 mingled	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 mingled	cc
45	mingled	mingle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 filled	conj
46	with	with	ADP	_	48 air	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 air	det
48	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 mingled	obl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 visible	punct
50	until	until	SCONJ	_	56 visible	mark
51	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 texture	nmod:poss
52	texture	texture	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 visible	nsubj
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 visible	cop
54	no	no	ADV	_	55 longer	advmod
55	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 visible	advmod
56	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 mingled	parataxis
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 appeared	punct
58	or	or	CCONJ	_	59 appeared	cc
59	appeared	appear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	56 visible	conj
60	as	as	ADP	_	63 cloud	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	63 cloud	det
62	transparent	transparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 cloud	amod
63	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 appeared	obl
64	:	:	PUNCT	_	69 became	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	69 became	cc
66	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 figures	det
67	shadowy	shadowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 figures	amod
68	figures	figure	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 became	nsubj
69	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 mingled	parataxis
70	all	all	ADV	_	72 motion	advmod
71	in	in	ADP	_	72 motion	case
72	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 became	xcomp
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	79 became	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	79 became	cc
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 din	det
76	din	din	NOUN	Number=Sing	79 became	nsubj
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 uproar	cc
78	uproar	uproar	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 din	conj
79	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 became	conj
80	fiercer	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	79 became	xcomp
81	and	and	CCONJ	_	82 fiercer	cc
82	fiercer	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	80 fiercer	conj
83	;	;	PUNCT	_	87 whole	punct
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 whole	cc
85	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	87 whole	mark
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 whole	det
87	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 picture	amod
88	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 picture	cop
89	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	91 picture	det
90	animated	animated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	91 picture	amod
91	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gazed	parataxis
92	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 vision	punct
93	or	or	CCONJ	_	95 vision	cc
94	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	95 vision	det
95	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 picture	conj
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 array	punct
97	or	or	CCONJ	_	99 array	cc
98	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	99 array	det
99	array	array	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 picture	conj
100	of	of	ADP	_	102 spirits	case
101	embodied	embodied	ADJ	Degree=Pos	102 spirits	amod
102	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	99 array	nmod
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 conjured	punct
104	conjured	conjure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	91 picture	parataxis
105	up	up	ADP	_	104 conjured	compound:prt
106	by	by	ADP	_	108 power	case
107	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 power	amod
108	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 conjured	obl
109	,	,	PUNCT	_	114 tell	punct
110	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	112 present	det
111	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	112 present	compound
112	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	114 tell	nsubj
113	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	114 tell	aux
114	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	91 picture	parataxis
115	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gazed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gaze	past	attendants = attendant		the linen cloth conj	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	become	past	the plainer	the motion		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	roll	participle		the linen cloth not said here	forth property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	amplify	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	spread out	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	is a	past	noise	a mighty banner		tree rules
7	fill	past		the hall		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hall=Patient
8	mingle	past			with the air	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with air=Co-Patient
9	is	past	cloth's texture		long, visible property	tree rules
10	appear	participle	cloth's texture not said here		as a transparent cloud	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	become	past	the shadowy figures	motion		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
12	become	past	the din and uproar		fierce property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
13	is a	past		a whole animated picture or a vision or a array of embodied spirits	a vision conj; a array of embodied spirits conj	tree rules
14	conjure up	participle			by supernatural power	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
15	tell speech: assert	could	no one present			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 63