--- title: The noise of the terrific conflict that took place was heard on the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The noise of the terrific conflict that took place was heard on the city walls, and answered by shouts of exultation; for the Christians thought it rose from the terror and confusion of the Arab camp. Who acts: terrific conflict, Christians, noise. 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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 (terrific conflict, Christians, noise), 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:pg77685:30:29 # text = The noise of the terrific conflict that took place was heard on the city walls, and answered by shouts of exultation; for the Christians thought it rose from the terror and confusion of the Arab camp. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 terrific terrific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 conflict conflict NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 exultation exultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the terrific conflict | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past · passive | | the noise of the terrific conflict | | the city walls | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | | | | | of exultation | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Christians | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | past | noise | | | the terror and confusion of the Arab camp | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from terror=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **noise** | | the terrific conflict | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **confuse** | | | the Arab camp | | | | | nom confusion «state 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. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/30/) - ↑ back to [Muza Besieges the City of Merida.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/)