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title: “Let all those,” concludes the cautious friar, “who question the ver… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Let all those,” concludes the cautious friar, “who question the verity of this most marvellous occurrence, consult those admirable sources of our history, the chronicle of the Moor Rasis, and the work entitled, ‘The Fall of Spain,’ written by the Moor, Abulcasim Tarif Abentarique. Who acts: work. A
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 87

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“Let all those,” concludes the cautious friar, “who question the verity of this most marvellous occurrence, consult those admirable sources of our history, the chronicle of the Moor Rasis, and the work entitled, ‘The Fall of Spain,’ written by the Moor, Abulcasim Tarif Abentarique.

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**Who acts:** work · **What happens:** let, conclude, question, consult, entitle, write · **To what, where:** those, cautious friar, verity, admirable sources, Fall, Moor Rasis · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (work), 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:pg77685:8:87
# text = “Let all those,” concludes the cautious friar, “who question the verity of this most marvellous occurrence, consult those admirable sources of our history, the chronicle of the Moor Rasis, and the work entitled, ‘The Fall of Spain,’ written by the Moor, Abulcasim Tarif Abentarique.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
4	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cautious	cautious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	friar	friar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	question	question	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	verity	verity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
24	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
25	admirable	admirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Moor	Moor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Rasis	Rasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
41	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
50	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	_
51	by	by	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	Abulcasim	Abulcasim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
56	Tarif	Tarif	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	_
57	Abentarique	Abentarique	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | those |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** | present |  | the cautious friar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **question** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present |  | the verity of this marvellous occurrence |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verity=Recipient |
| 4 | **consult** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | that admirable sources of our history and the chronicle of the Moor Rasis |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
| 5 | **entitle** *in a quote* | past | the work | the Fall of Spain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **write** *in a quote* | participle |  | the Fall of Spain *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Moor | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **chronicle** *in a quote* |  |  | the Moor Rasis |  |  |  |  | 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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