Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 77

It seemed to the affrighted courtiers as if the phantom legions of the tower had issued forth and mingled with the storm; for amidst the claps of thunder and the howling of the wind, they fancied they heard the sound of the drums and trumpets, the shouts of armies and the rush of steeds.

Who acts: It, legions, wind · What happens: seem, affright, issue, mingle, fancy, hear · To what, where: phantom legions, sound, thunder, steeds

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 (It, legions, wind), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seemed	nsubj
2	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 courtiers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 courtiers	det
5	affrighted	affright	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 courtiers	amod
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seemed	obl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 issued	mark
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 issued	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 legions	det
10	phantom	phantom	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 legions	amod
11	legions	legion	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 issued	nsubj:pass
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 tower	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tower	det
14	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 legions	nmod
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 issued	aux
16	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 seemed	xcomp
17	forth	forth	ADV	_	16 issued	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 mingled	cc
19	mingled	mingle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 issued	conj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 storm	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 storm	det
22	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mingled	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 claps	punct
24	for	for	ADP	_	27 claps	case
25	amidst	amidst	ADP	_	27 claps	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 claps	det
27	claps	clap	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 seemed	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 thunder	case
29	thunder	thunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 claps	nmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 howling	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 howling	det
32	howling	howling	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 claps	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 wind	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 wind	det
35	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 howling	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 fancied	punct
37	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 fancied	nsubj
38	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 seemed	conj
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 heard	nsubj
40	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 fancied	ccomp
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 sound	det
42	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 heard	obj
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 drums	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 drums	det
45	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 sound	nmod
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 trumpets	cc
47	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 drums	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 shouts	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 shouts	det
50	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 heard	conj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 armies	case
52	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 shouts	obl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 rush	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 rush	det
55	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 armies	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 steeds	case
57	steeds	steed	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 rush	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seemed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	seem	past	It		to the affrighted courtiers; for the claps of thunder and the howling of the wind	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
2	affright	participle				tree rules
3	issue a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		the phantom legions of the tower	forth property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	mingle	past			with the storm	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with storm=Co-Patient
5	fancy	past	legions = legion			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	hear	past	legions = legion	the sound of the drums and trumpets		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus
7	shout speech: express	present	legions = legion not said here		of armies and the rush of steeds	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	clap			thunder		nom clap «event transitive»: of=patient
9	howl		the wind			nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent
10	rush			steeds		nom rush «act 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, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 77