Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 21

In the following pages, therefore, the author has ventured to dip more deeply into the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicle, than has usually been done by those who, in modern times, have treated of the eventful period of the conquest; but, in so doing, he trusts he will illustrate more fully the character of the people and the times.

Who acts: those, AUTHOR · What happens: follow, venture, dip, enchant, do, treat · To what, where: author, following pages, enchanted fountains, modern times

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (those, AUTHOR), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 pages	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pages	det
3	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 pages	amod
4	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 ventured	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pages	punct
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	11 ventured	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 therefore	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 author	det
9	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ventured	nsubj:pass
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ventured	aux
11	ventured	venture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 dip	mark
13	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ventured	xcomp
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 deeply	advmod
15	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	13 dip	advmod
16	into	into	ADP	_	19 fountains	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fountains	det
18	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 fountains	amod
19	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 dip	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 chronicle	case
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 chronicle	amod
22	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 chronicle	amod
23	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fountains	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 done	punct
25	than	than	SCONJ	_	29 done	mark
26	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 done	aux
27	usually	usually	ADV	_	29 done	advmod
28	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 done	aux:pass
29	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ventured	parataxis
30	by	by	ADP	_	31 those	case
31	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	29 done	obl
32	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 those	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 treated	punct
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 times	case
35	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 times	amod
36	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 treated	nsubj:pass
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 times	punct
38	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 treated	aux
39	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 done	conj
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 period	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 period	det
42	eventful	eventful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 period	amod
43	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 treated	obl
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 conquest	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 conquest	det
46	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 period	nmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	55 trusts	punct
48	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 trusts	cc
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 but	punct
50	in	in	SCONJ	_	52 doing	mark
51	so	so	ADV	_	52 doing	advmod
52	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	55 trusts	advcl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 doing	punct
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 trusts	nsubj
55	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ventured	conj
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 illustrate	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 illustrate	aux
58	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 trusts	xcomp
59	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	60 fully	advmod
60	fully	fully	ADV	_	58 illustrate	advmod
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 character	det
62	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 fully	nsubj
63	of	of	ADP	_	65 people	case
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 people	det
65	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 character	nmod
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 times	cc
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 times	det
68	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 people	conj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 ventured	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	venture	present · perfect · passive		the author	the following pages	therefore property	tree rules
3	dip	to-infinitive			the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicle	deeply property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into fountain=Location
4	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	do	present · perfect · passive	those			usually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	treat	present · perfect · passive		modern times		of the eventful period of the conquest	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
7	do	gerund	AUTHOR not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	trust	present	AUTHOR				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
9	illustrate	future	AUTHOR			fully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 21