--- title: The curse of Heaven, which had thus pursued him to the grave, was ex… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The curse of Heaven, which had thus pursued him to the grave, was extended to the very place which had given him shelter: for we are told that the castle is no longer inhabited, on account of the strange and horrible noises that are heard in it; and that visions of armed men are seen above it in the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/174/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/) / 174 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 174 The curse of Heaven, which had thus pursued him to the grave, was extended to the very place which had given him shelter: for we are told that the castle is no longer inhabited, on account of the strange and horrible noises that are heard in it; and that visions of armed men are seen above it in the air; which are supposed to be the troubled spirits of the apostate Christians who favoured the cause of the traitor. **Who acts:** place, Christians · **What happens:** pursue, extend, give, tell, inhabit, hear · **To what, where:** curse, place, shelter, God, we, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (place, Christians), 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:pg77685:39:174 # text = The curse of Heaven, which had thus pursued him to the grave, was extended to the very place which had given him shelter: for we are told that the castle is no longer inhabited, on account of the strange and horrible noises that are heard in it; and that visions of armed men are seen above it in the air; which are supposed to be the troubled spirits of the apostate Christians who favoured the cause of the traitor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 thus thus ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 pursued pursue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 extended extend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 35 no no ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 noises noise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 54 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 visions vision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 61 above above ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 67 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 cop _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 xcomp _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 apostate apostate NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 78 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 77 appos _ _ 79 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 80 nsubj _ _ 80 favoured favour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 acl:relcl _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** | past · perfect · passive | | the curse of Heaven | | | | to the grave; God *obj*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **extend** | past · passive | | the curse of Heaven | the place | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to place=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect | the place | shelter | God | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient shelter=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **inhabit** | present · passive | | the castle | | account of the strange noises | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | present · passive | | the strange noises | | castle | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | present · passive | | that visions of armed men | | castle | | in the air | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **suppose** | present · passive | | | | | | which *nsubj:pass* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the troubled spirits | | | | of the apostate | tree rules | | 10 | **favour** | past | Christians | the cause of the traitor | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **curse** | | | Heaven | | | | | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **account** | | | the strange noises | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **cause** | | | the traitor | | | | | nom cause «event 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 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/173/) - next →: [sentence 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/175/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)