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title: The particulars, however, of the following wild legend are chiefly g… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The particulars, however, of the following wild legend are chiefly gathered from the writings of the pseudo Moor, Rasis: how far they may be safely taken as historic facts, it is impossible now to ascertain; we must content ourselves, therefore, with their answering to the exactions of poetic justic
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 8

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The particulars, however, of the following wild legend are chiefly gathered from the writings of the pseudo Moor, Rasis: how far they may be safely taken as historic facts, it is impossible now to ascertain; we must content ourselves, therefore, with their answering to the exactions of poetic justice.

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**Who acts:** we, particulars · **What happens:** follow, gather, take, be, ascertain, content · **To what, where:** particulars, writings, ourselves, pseudo Moor, poetic justice

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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 (we, particulars), 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:pg77685:39:8
# text = The particulars, however, of the following wild legend are chiefly gathered from the writings of the pseudo Moor, Rasis: how far they may be safely taken as historic facts, it is impossible now to ascertain; we must content ourselves, therefore, with their answering to the exactions of poetic justice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	particulars	particular	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
9	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	pseudo	pseudo	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Rasis	Rasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
24	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
25	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	30	advmod	_	_
26	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
27	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	aux:pass	_	_
29	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
31	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	historic	historic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	expl	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
37	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	_
38	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	37	advmod	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
42	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	content	content	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
45	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
47	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
50	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	answering	answer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	44	advcl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	exactions	exaction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	poetic	poetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	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 | **gather** | present · passive |  | the particulars of the wild legend |  | the writings of the pseudo Moor |  | chiefly *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from writing=Source |
| 3 | **take** | may · passive |  | particulars *= particular* |  |  |  | as historic facts; far, safely *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as fact=Attribute |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | now | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **content** | must | we | ourselves |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ourselves=Experiencer |
| 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | particulars *= particular* |  |  |  |  | to the exactions of poetic justice | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to exaction=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **write** |  |  | the pseudo Moor |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **exact** |  |  | poetic justice |  |  |  |  | nom exaction «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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