Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 84

In a little while the edifice burst forth into a blaze as though it had been built of rosin, and the flames mounted into the air with a brilliancy more dazzling than the sun; nor did they cease until every stone was consumed and the whole was reduced to a heap of ashes.

Who acts: edifice, flames · What happens: burst, build, mount, dazzle, cease, consume · To what, where: little, edifice, flames, air, stone, whole

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 (edifice, flames), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 little	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 little	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 burst	obl
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 burst	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edifice	det
6	edifice	edifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burst	nsubj
7	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	forth	forth	ADV	_	7 burst	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 blaze	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 blaze	det
11	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burst	obl
12	as	as	ADV	_	17 built	advmod
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 built	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 built	nsubj:pass
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 built	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 built	aux:pass
17	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 burst	advcl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 rosin	case
19	rosin	rosin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 built	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 dazzling	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 dazzling	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 flames	det
23	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 dazzling	nsubj
24	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 flames	acl
25	into	into	ADP	_	27 air	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 air	det
27	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mounted	obl
28	with	with	ADP	_	30 brilliancy	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 brilliancy	det
30	brilliancy	brilliancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 mounted	obl
31	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	32 dazzling	advmod
32	dazzling	dazzle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 burst	advcl
33	than	than	ADP	_	35 sun	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 sun	det
35	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 dazzling	obl
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 cease	punct
37	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	40 cease	cc
38	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 cease	aux
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 cease	nsubj
40	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 burst	conj
41	until	until	SCONJ	_	45 consumed	mark
42	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	43 stone	det
43	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 consumed	nsubj:pass
44	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 consumed	aux:pass
45	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 cease	advcl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 reduced	cc
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 whole	det
48	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 reduced	nsubj
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 reduced	aux:pass
50	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 consumed	conj
51	to	to	ADP	_	53 heap	case
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 heap	det
53	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 reduced	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 ashes	case
55	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 heap	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 burst	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	burst	past	the edifice		a little	into a blaze; forth property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in little=Location
2	build	past · perfect · passive		edifice		of rosin	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	mount	participle		the flames not said here	the air	with a brilliancy	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Location
4	dazzle	gerund	the flames			than the sun	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	cease	past · do-support	flames = flame				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
6	consume	past · passive		every stone			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
7	reduce	past · passive		the whole		to a heap of ashes goal	vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Patient to heap=Goal

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 84