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title: All the facts herein contained, however extravagant some of them may… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: All the facts herein contained, however extravagant some of them may be deemed, will be found in the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore, growing side by side with long acknowledged truths, and might be supported by learned and imposing references in the margin. Who acts: sage. A sentence
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 23

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All the facts herein contained, however extravagant some of them may be deemed, will be found in the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore, growing side by side with long acknowledged truths, and might be supported by learned and imposing references in the margin.

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**Who acts:** sage · **What happens:** contain, deem, find, grow, acknowledge, support · **To what, where:** facts, some, works, side, margin

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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 (sage), 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:pg77685:1:23
# text = All the facts herein contained, however extravagant some of them may be deemed, will be found in the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore, growing side by side with long acknowledged truths, and might be supported by learned and imposing references in the margin.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	herein	herein	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	however	however	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	extravagant	extravagant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	sage	sage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	reverend	reverend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	yore	yore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	parataxis	_	_
31	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
36	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	amod	_	_
37	truths	truth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
43	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
44	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	advcl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	imposing	imposing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	references	reference	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	margin	margin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | participle · passive |  | all facts |  |  |  | herein *property* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **deem** | may · passive |  | some of LEGENDS |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |
| 3 | **find** | future · passive |  |  |  | the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» |
| 4 | **grow** | gerund |  | side |  |  |  | by side; with long acknowledged truths | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent side=Patient with truth=Instrument |
| 5 | **acknowledge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **support** | might · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 7 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  | the margin |  | imposing references *conj* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **work** |  | sage and reverend chroniclers of yore |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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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