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title: It would appear from some authorities, also, that the galleys of Tar… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: It would appear from some authorities, also, that the galleys of Taric cruised along the coasts of Andalusia and Lusitania, under the feigned character of merchant barks: nor is this at all improbable, while they were seeking merely to observe the land, and get a knowledge of the harbours. Who acts:
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 31

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It would appear from some authorities, also, that the galleys of Taric cruised along the coasts of Andalusia and Lusitania, under the feigned character of merchant barks: nor is this at all improbable, while they were seeking merely to observe the land, and get a knowledge of the harbours.

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**Who acts:** It, galleys · **What happens:** appear, cruise, feign, be, seek, observe · **To what, where:** authorities, coasts, this, land, knowledge

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, galleys), 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:pg77685:10:31
# text = It would appear from some authorities, also, that the galleys of Taric cruised along the coasts of Andalusia and Lusitania, under the feigned character of merchant barks: nor is this at all improbable, while they were seeking merely to observe the land, and get a knowledge of the harbours.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	galleys	galley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	cruised	cruise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
16	along	along	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	coasts	coast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Andalusia	Andalusia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Lusitania	Lusitania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	under	under	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	barks	bark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	34	cc	_	_
33	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
37	improbable	improbable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
43	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	harbours	harbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | would | It |  |  | some authorities |  | at all | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
| 2 | **cruise** | participle | the galleys of Taric |  |  | the coasts of Andalusia and Lusitania |  | the feigned character of merchant barks *parataxis* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along coast=Trajectory |
| 3 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | this |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **seek** | past · progressive | galleys *= galley* |  |  |  |  | merely *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **observe** | to-infinitive | galleys *= galley* *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent land=Topic |
| 7 | **get** | infinitive |  | a knowledge of the harbours |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knowledge=Stimulus |

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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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