--- title: The surges of the sea were heard far below beating upon the rocks, t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The surges of the sea were heard far below beating upon the rocks, the sea-gull screamed and wheeled about the foundations of the tower, and the sails of lofty caraccas were as mere specks on the bosom of the deep. Who acts: sails, sea. 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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 (sails, sea), 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:pg77685:39:151 # text = The surges of the sea were heard far below beating upon the rocks, the sea-gull screamed and wheeled about the foundations of the tower, and the sails of lofty caraccas were as mere specks on the bosom of the deep. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 surges surge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 below below ADP IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 gull gull NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 screamed scream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 wheeled wheel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 foundations foundation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 caraccas caracca NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 specks speck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · passive | | the surges of the sea | | | | far *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **beat** | gerund | | | | the rocks the sea gull | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon rock=Location | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | participle | | the sea gull *not said here* | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wheel** | participle | | | | | | about the foundations of the tower | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | the sails of lofty caraccas | | | the bosom of the deep | | as mere specks | tree rules | | 6 | **surge** | | the sea | | | | | | nom surge «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/150/) - next →: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/152/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)