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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 21

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In the following pages, therefore, the author has ventured to dip more deeply into the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicle, than has usually been done by those who, in modern times, have treated of the eventful period of the conquest; but, in so doing, he trusts he will illustrate more fully the character of the people and the times.

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**Who acts:** those, AUTHOR · **What happens:** follow, venture, dip, enchant, do, treat · **To what, where:** author, following pages, enchanted fountains, modern times

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (those, AUTHOR), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:1:21
# text = In the following pages, therefore, the author has ventured to dip more deeply into the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicle, than has usually been done by those who, in modern times, have treated of the eventful period of the conquest; but, in so doing, he trusts he will illustrate more fully the character of the people and the times.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	ventured	venture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	dip	dip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
27	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
28	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	parataxis	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	29	obl	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	eventful	eventful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
48	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
50	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
51	so	so	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	trusts	trust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	xcomp	_	_
59	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	60	advmod	_	_
60	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nmod	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **venture** | present · perfect · passive |  | the author |  | the following pages |  | therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dip** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicle |  | deeply *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into fountain=Location |
| 4 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | those |  |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **treat** | present · perfect · passive |  | modern times |  |  |  | of the eventful period of the conquest | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 7 | **do** | gerund | AUTHOR *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **trust** | present | AUTHOR |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 9 | **illustrate** | future | AUTHOR |  |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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