--- title: Let them consult, moreover, the venerable historian Bleda, and the c… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Let them consult, moreover, the venerable historian Bleda, and the cloud of other Catholic Spanish writers, who have treated of this event, and they will find I have related nothing that has not been printed and published under the inspection and sanction of our holy mother church. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, sources, I), 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:pg77685:8:88 # text = Let them consult, moreover, the venerable historian Bleda, and the cloud of other Catholic Spanish writers, who have treated of this event, and they will find I have related nothing that has not been printed and published under the inspection and sanction of our holy mother church. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 historian historian NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Bleda Bleda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 17 Catholic catholic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 writers writer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 43 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 inspection inspection NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 sanction sanction NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | sources *= source* | | | | the cloud of other Catholic Spanish writers *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **consult** | infinitive | sources *= source* *not said here* | Bleda the venerable historian | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **treat** | present · perfect · passive | | other Catholic Spanish writers | | | | of this event | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **find** | future | sources *= source* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present | I | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 6 | **not** **print** | present · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **publish** | participle | | | | the inspection and sanction of our holy mother church | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **cloud** | | | other Catholic Spanish writers | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **sanction** | | | our holy mother church | | | | | nom sanction «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/89/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)