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title: His mind was filled with horror and confusion, for the hour of his d… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: His mind was filled with horror and confusion, for the hour of his destruction seemed at hand: but he subdued his agitation by his strong and haughty spirit; and, when he uncovered his face, no one could read on his brow the trouble and agony of his heart. Who acts: hour, Roderick, one. A sentence o
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 12

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His mind was filled with horror and confusion, for the hour of his destruction seemed at hand: but he subdued his agitation by his strong and haughty spirit; and, when he uncovered his face, no one could read on his brow the trouble and agony of his heart.

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**Who acts:** hour, Roderick, one · **What happens:** fill, seem, subdue, uncover, read, mind · **To what, where:** mind, hand, agitation, face, brow, heart

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hour, Roderick, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:14:12
# text = His mind was filled with horror and confusion, for the hour of his destruction seemed at hand: but he subdued his agitation by his strong and haughty spirit; and, when he uncovered his face, no one could read on his brow the trouble and agony of his heart.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	agitation	agitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
27	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	haughty	haughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	conj	_	_
30	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	uncovered	uncover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	41	det	_	_
41	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
42	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	parataxis	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	parataxis	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	agony	agony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past · passive |  | Roderick's mind |  |  |  | with horror and confusion | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with horror=Instrument |
| 2 | **seem** | past | the hour of Roderick's destruction |  |  | hand |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **subdue** | past | Roderick | Roderick's agitation |  |  |  | by Roderick's strong spirit | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent agitation=Patient |
| 4 | **uncover** | past | Roderick | Roderick's face |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **read** | could | no one |  |  | Roderick's brow |  | the trouble of Roderick's heart and agony *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **mind** |  | Roderick |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **destroy** |  | Roderick |  |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **trouble** |  |  | Roderick's heart |  |  |  |  | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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