Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 86

It is furthermore recorded by ancient men and writers of former days, that all those on whom this dust fell were afterwards slain in battle, when the country was conquered by the Arabs, and that the destruction of this necromantic tower was a sign and token of the approaching perdition of Spain.

Who acts: ancient men, dust, Arabs, destruction · What happens: record, fall, slay, conquer, be, approach · To what, where: whole, those, battle, country, sign, necromantic tower

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 (ancient men, dust, Arabs, destruction), 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	4 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 recorded	aux:pass
3	furthermore	furthermore	ADV	_	4 recorded	advmod
4	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 men	case
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 men	amod
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 recorded	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 writers	cc
9	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 men	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 days	case
11	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 days	amod
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 writers	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 slain	punct
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 slain	mark
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 those	det:predet
16	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	24 slain	nsubj:pass
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 whom	case
18	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 those	nmod
19	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 dust	det
20	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fell	nsubj
21	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 whom	acl:relcl
22	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 slain	aux:pass
23	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	24 slain	advmod
24	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 recorded	conj
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 battle	case
26	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 slain	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 conquered	punct
28	when	when	SCONJ	_	32 conquered	mark
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 country	det
30	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 conquered	nsubj:pass
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 conquered	aux:pass
32	conquered	conquer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 battle	acl:relcl
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 Arabs	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Arabs	det
35	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	32 conquered	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 sign	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 sign	cc
38	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 sign	mark
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 destruction	det
40	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 sign	nsubj
41	of	of	ADP	_	44 tower	case
42	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	44 tower	det
43	necromantic	necromantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 tower	amod
44	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 destruction	nmod
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 sign	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 sign	det
47	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 recorded	parataxis
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 token	cc
49	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 sign	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 perdition	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 perdition	det
52	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 perdition	amod
53	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 token	nmod
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 Spain	case
55	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 perdition	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 recorded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive	ancient men and writers of former days	whole		furthermore property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fall	past	this dust				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	slay	past · passive		those	battle	afterwards property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	conquer	past · passive	the Arabs	the country			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
5	is a	past	the destruction of this necromantic tower	a sign and token of the approaching perdition of Spain		token of the approaching perdition of Spain conj	tree rules
6	approach	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	destroy			this necromantic tower			nom destruction «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 86