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title: Many and various are the accounts given in ancient chronicles of the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Many and various are the accounts given in ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and his family; and many are the traditions on the subject still extant among the populace of Spain, and perpetuated in those countless ballads sung by peasants and muleteers, which spread a singular charm 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 5

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Many and various are the accounts given in ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and his family; and many are the traditions on the subject still extant among the populace of Spain, and perpetuated in those countless ballads sung by peasants and muleteers, which spread a singular charm over the whole of this romantic land.

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**Who acts:** Many accounts · **What happens:** be, give, perpetuate, sing, spread, chronicle · **To what, where:** Many accounts, ancient chronicles, many traditions, subject, countless ballads, singular charm

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many accounts), 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:pg77685:39:5
# text = Many and various are the accounts given in ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and his family; and many are the traditions on the subject still extant among the populace of Spain, and perpetuated in those countless ballads sung by peasants and muleteers, which spread a singular charm over the whole of this romantic land.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	chronicles	chronicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
23	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	still	still	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	extant	extant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
31	among	among	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	populace	populace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	perpetuated	perpetuate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	42	det	_	_
41	countless	countless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	ballads	ballad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
43	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	muleteers	muleteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
50	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	singular	singular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
54	over	over	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	60	det	_	_
59	romantic	romantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	50	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Many accounts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the Many accounts *not said here* |  | ancient chronicles of the fortunes of Count Julian and Spain's family |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the many traditions |  | the subject |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **perpetuate** | participle |  | the many traditions *not said here* |  | that countless ballads |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  | that countless ballads *not said here* |  |  |  | by peasants and muleteers | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by peasant=Location |
| 6 | **spread** | past | the Many accounts | a singular charm |  | the whole of this romantic land |  | which *nsubj* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent charm=Theme over whole=Destination |
| 7 | **chronicle** |  |  | the fortunes of Count Julian and Spain's family |  |  |  |  | nom chronicle «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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