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title: We shall pass briefly over the succeeding events of the story of Flo… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: We shall pass briefly over the succeeding events of the story of Florinda, about which so much has been said and sung by chronicler and bard: for the sober page of history should be carefully chastened from all scenes that might inflame a wanton imagination; leaving them to poems and romances, and s
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 68

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We shall pass briefly over the succeeding events of the story of Florinda, about which so much has been said and sung by chronicler and bard: for the sober page of history should be carefully chastened from all scenes that might inflame a wanton imagination; leaving them to poems and romances, and such-like highly seasoned works of fantasy and recreation.

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**Who acts:** We, scenes, fantasy · **What happens:** pass, succeed, say, sing, chasten, inflame · **To what, where:** succeeding events, like seasoned works, scenes, wanton imagination, poems, history · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Story of Florinda.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, scenes, fantasy), 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:pg77685:6:68
# text = We shall pass briefly over the succeeding events of the story of Florinda, about which so much has been said and sung by chronicler and bard: for the sober page of history should be carefully chastened from all scenes that might inflame a wanton imagination; leaving them to poems and romances, and such-like highly seasoned works of fantasy and recreation.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	succeeding	succeed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Florinda	Florinda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	much	much	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	chronicler	chronicler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	sober	sober	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	aux:pass	_	_
37	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	chastened	chasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
39	from	from	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	det	_	_
41	scenes	scene	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	_
43	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	inflame	inflame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	acl:relcl	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	wanton	wanton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
50	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	romances	romance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
60	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	seasoned	seasoned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	fantasy	fantasy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	recreation	recreation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | shall | We |  |  | the succeeding events of the story of Florinda |  | briefly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over event=Location |
| 2 | **succeed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by chronicler and bard | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by chronicler=Location |
| 5 | **chasten** | should · passive |  | like seasoned works of fantasy and recreation |  | all scenes |  | for the sober page of history; carefully *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: work=Theme for page=Attribute |
| 6 | **inflame** | might | all scenes | a wanton imagination |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus imagination=Experiencer |
| 7 | **leave** | gerund |  | scenes *= scene* | poems and romances |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to poem=Recipient |
| 8 | **page** |  |  | history |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **work** |  | fantasy and recreation |  |  |  |  |  | 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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