--- title: So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternatio… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land: and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors, in its train. Who acts: calamity, this, warfare. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (calamity, this, warfare), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:14:4 # text = So strange and unlooked-for a calamity filled them with consternation and despair; for it was long since the alarm of war had sounded in their land: and this was a warfare that carried chains and slavery, and all kinds of horrors, in its train. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 unlooked unlooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 calamity calamity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 consternation consternation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 20 since since ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sounded sound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 warfare warfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 slavery slavery NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 horrors horror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past | a calamity | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | | with consternation and despair | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with consternation=Instrument | | 2 | **is** | past | calamity | | | | | for the alarm; long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sound** | past · perfect | | the alarm *not said here* | | inhabitants's land | | of war | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | this | a warfare and all kinds of horrors and calamity's train | | | | all kinds of horrors *conj*; calamity's train *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **carry** | past | a warfare and all kinds of horrors and calamity's train | chains and slavery | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Theme | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/5/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)