--- title: Of this renowned edifice marvels are related by the ancient Arabian… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Of this renowned edifice marvels are related by the ancient Arabian and Spanish chroniclers; “and I doubt much,” adds the venerable Agpaida, “whether many readers will not consider the whole as a cunningly devised fable, sprung from an oriental imagination; but it is not for me to reject a fact whic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/) / 3 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 3 Of this renowned edifice marvels are related by the ancient Arabian and Spanish chroniclers; “and I doubt much,” adds the venerable Agpaida, “whether many readers will not consider the whole as a cunningly devised fable, sprung from an oriental imagination; but it is not for me to reject a fact which is recorded by all those writers who are the fathers of our national history: a fact, too, which is as well attested as most of the remarkable events in the story of Don Roderick. **Who acts:** ancient Arabian chroniclers, venerable Agpaida, many readers, Agpaida, writers, most · **What happens:** relate, doubt, add, not consider, devise, spring · **To what, where:** whole, cunningly devised fable, oriental imagination, fact, fathers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ancient Arabian chroniclers, venerable Agpaida, many readers, Agpaida), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:8:3 # text = Of this renowned edifice marvels are related by the ancient Arabian and Spanish chroniclers; “and I doubt much,” adds the venerable Agpaida, “whether many readers will not consider the whole as a cunningly devised fable, sprung from an oriental imagination; but it is not for me to reject a fact which is recorded by all those writers who are the fathers of our national history: a fact, too, which is as well attested as most of the remarkable events in the story of Don Roderick. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 renowned renowned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 edifice edifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 related relate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 10 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 11 Arabian Arabian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 chroniclers chronicler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 doubt doubt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 csubj _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 23 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 Agpaida Agpaida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 cunningly cunningly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 devised devise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 oriental oriental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 reject reject VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 acl _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 65 det:predet _ _ 64 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 writers writer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl:agent _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 67 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 72 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 : : PUNCT : _ 76 punct _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 78 too too ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 80 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 nsubj:pass _ _ 81 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 82 as as ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 83 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 84 advmod _ _ 84 attested attest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 acl _ _ 85 as as ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 86 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 84 obl:agent _ _ 87 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 89 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 amod _ _ 90 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 nmod _ _ 91 in in ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ _ 94 of of ADP IN _ 95 case _ _ 95 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 93 nmod _ _ 96 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 95 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 97 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | present · passive | the ancient Arabian chroniclers | | | | | of renowned edifice marvels this | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **doubt** *in a quote* | present | the venerable Agpaida *= agpaida* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the venerable Agpaida | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **consider** *in a quote* | future | many readers | the whole | | | | as a cunningly devised fable | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent whole=Attribute | | 5 | **devise** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spring** *in a quote* | participle | | a cunningly devised fable *not said here* | | a oriental imagination | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from imagination=Trajectory | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Agpaida | | | | | for the venerable Agpaida *= agpaida* | tree rules | | 8 | **reject** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Agpaida *not said here* | a fact and a fact | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | | 9 | **record** *in a quote* | present · passive | all writers | a fact and a fact | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | all writers | the fathers | | | | of our national history | tree rules | | 11 | **attest** *in a quote* | present · passive | most of the remarkable events in the story of Don | a fact | | | | well *property* | tree rules | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/4/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)