Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 8

The particulars, however, of the following wild legend are chiefly gathered from the writings of the pseudo Moor, Rasis: how far they may be safely taken as historic facts, it is impossible now to ascertain; we must content ourselves, therefore, with their answering to the exactions of poetic justice.

Who acts: we, particulars · What happens: follow, gather, take, be, ascertain, content · To what, where: particulars, writings, ourselves, pseudo Moor, poetic justice

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, particulars), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 particulars	det
2	particulars	particular	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gathered	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 particulars	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	10 legend	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 legend	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 legend	det
8	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 legend	case
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 legend	amod
10	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 particulars	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gathered	aux:pass
12	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	13 gathered	advmod
13	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 writings	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 writings	det
16	writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gathered	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 Moor	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Moor	det
19	pseudo	pseudo	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 Moor	amod
20	Moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 writings	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 Rasis	punct
22	Rasis	Rasis	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Moor	appos
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	30 taken	punct
24	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	25 far	advmod
25	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	30 taken	advmod
26	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 taken	nsubj
27	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 taken	aux
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	30 taken	aux:pass
29	safely	safely	ADV	_	30 taken	advmod
30	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 gathered	conj
31	as	as	ADP	_	33 facts	case
32	historic	historic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 facts	amod
33	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 taken	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 impossible	punct
35	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 impossible	expl
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 impossible	cop
37	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 taken	conj
38	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 impossible	advmod
39	to	to	PART	_	40 ascertain	mark
40	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 impossible	csubj
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 content	punct
42	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 content	nsubj
43	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 content	aux
44	content	content	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 gathered	conj
45	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	44 content	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 therefore	punct
47	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	44 content	advmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 answering	punct
49	with	with	SCONJ	_	51 answering	mark
50	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 answering	nsubj
51	answering	answer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	44 content	advcl
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 exactions	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 exactions	det
54	exactions	exaction	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 answering	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 justice	case
56	poetic	poetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 justice	amod
57	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 exactions	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 gathered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gather	present · passive		the particulars of the wild legend	the writings of the pseudo Moor		chiefly property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from writing=Source
3	take	may · passive		particulars = particular			as historic facts; far, safely property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as fact=Attribute
4	is	present				now	impossible property	tree rules
5	ascertain	to-infinitive						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
6	content	must	we	ourselves			therefore property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ourselves=Experiencer
7	answer speech: assert	gerund	particulars = particular				to the exactions of poetic justice	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to exaction=Co-Agent
8	write			the pseudo Moor				nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient
9	exact			poetic justice				nom exaction «act 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.

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 8