--- title: The king ordered that the iron portal should be closed; but the door… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The king ordered that the iron portal should be closed; but the door was immoveable, and the cavaliers were dismayed by the tremendous turmoil and the mingled shouts and groans that continued to prevail within. Who acts: king, door, tremendous turmoil, that. 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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 (king, door, tremendous turmoil, that), 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:pg77685:8:74 # text = The king ordered that the iron portal should be closed; but the door was immoveable, and the cavaliers were dismayed by the tremendous turmoil and the mingled shouts and groans that continued to prevail within. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 portal portal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 immoveable immoveable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 turmoil turmoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 mark _ _ 30 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 groans groan VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 within within ADP IN _ 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the king | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **close** *not said to happen* | should · passive | | the iron portal | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the door | | | | | immoveable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dismay** | past · passive | the tremendous turmoil | the cavaliers | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **mingle** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the tremendous turmoil *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **groan** | present | the tremendous turmoil *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **continue** | past | that | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **prevail** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/75/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)