--- title: It seemed to the affrighted courtiers as if the phantom legions of t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed to the affrighted courtiers as if the phantom legions of the tower had issued forth and mingled with the storm; for amidst the claps of thunder and the howling of the wind, they fancied they heard the sound of the drums and trumpets, the shouts of armies and the rush of steeds. 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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 (It, legions, wind), 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:pg77685:8:77 # text = It seemed to the affrighted courtiers as if the phantom legions of the tower had issued forth and mingled with the storm; for amidst the claps of thunder and the howling of the wind, they fancied they heard the sound of the drums and trumpets, the shouts of armies and the rush of steeds. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 affrighted affright VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 phantom phantom ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 legions legion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 mingled mingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 claps clap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 howling howling NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 trumpets trumpet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 rush rush NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | to the affrighted courtiers; for the claps of thunder and the howling of the wind | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **affright** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **issue** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the phantom legions of the tower | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **mingle** | past | | | | | | with the storm | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with storm=Co-Patient | | 5 | **fancy** | past | legions *= legion* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | past | legions *= legion* | the sound of the drums and trumpets | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | legions *= legion* *not said here* | | | | | of armies and the rush of steeds | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **clap** | | | thunder | | | | | nom clap «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **howl** | | the wind | | | | | | nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 10 | **rush** | | | steeds | | | | | nom rush «act 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/78/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)