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title: These latter the sagacious reader will admit or reject, according to… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 71

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These latter the sagacious reader will admit or reject, according to the measure of his faith and judgment; always remembering, that in dark and eventful times, like those in question, involving the destinies of nations, the downfall of kingdoms, and the crimes of rulers and mighty men, the hand of fate is sometimes strangely visible, and confounds the wisdom of the worldly wise, by intimations and portents above the ordinary course of things.

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**Who acts:** These, sagacious reader, crimes · **What happens:** latter, admit, reject, accord, remember, involve · **To what, where:** measure, those, question, destinies, wisdom, faith

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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 (These, sagacious reader, crimes), 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:pg77685:39:71
# text = These latter the sagacious reader will admit or reject, according to the measure of his faith and judgment; always remembering, that in dark and eventful times, like those in question, involving the destinies of nations, the downfall of kingdoms, and the crimes of rulers and mighty men, the hand of fate is sometimes strangely visible, and confounds the wisdom of the worldly wise, by intimations and portents above the ordinary course of things.
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	latter	latter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sagacious	sagacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	reject	reject	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
21	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	22	advmod	_	_
22	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	eventful	eventful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	_
29	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	like	like	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	22	obj	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	involving	involve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	destinies	destiny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	downfall	downfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	kingdoms	kingdom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	crimes	crime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
60	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
61	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	63	advmod	_	_
62	strangely	strangely	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	confounds	confound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	parataxis	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	worldly	worldly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
74	by	by	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	intimations	intimation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	66	conj	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	portents	portent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	conj	_	_
78	above	above	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	_
82	of	of	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
83	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	81	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **latter** | present | These |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | future | the sagacious reader |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reject** | infinitive | the sagacious reader *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund | the sagacious reader *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the measure of reader's faith and judgment *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to measure=Goal |
| 5 | **remember** | gerund | These *not said here* | those in dark times |  | question |  | always *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 6 | **involve** | gerund | These *not said here* | the destinies of nations and the downfall of kingdoms |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent destiny=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | present | the crimes of rulers and mighty men |  |  |  |  | the hand of fate *nsubj*; sometimes, strangely, visible *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **confound** | present |  | the wisdom of the worldly wise |  |  |  | intimations above the ordinary course of things and portents *conj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wisdom=Experiencer |
| 9 | **measure** |  |  | reader's faith and judgment |  |  |  |  | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **incriminate** |  |  | rulers and mighty men |  |  |  |  | nom crime «act 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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