Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 87

“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 · What happens: let, conclude, question, consult, entitle, write · To what, where: those, cautious friar, verity, admirable sources, Fall, Moor Rasis · 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 (work), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	2 Let	punct
2	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 concludes	ccomp
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 those	det:predet
4	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 Let	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 those	punct
6	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Let	punct
7	concludes	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 friar	det
9	cautious	cautious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 friar	amod
10	friar	friar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concludes	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 question	punct
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	14 question	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 question	nsubj
14	question	question	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 concludes	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 verity	det
16	verity	verity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 question	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	21 occurrence	case
18	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 occurrence	det
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 marvellous	advmod
20	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 occurrence	amod
21	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 verity	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 consult	punct
23	consult	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 question	conj
24	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	26 sources	det
25	admirable	admirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sources	amod
26	sources	source	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 consult	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 history	case
28	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 history	nmod:poss
29	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sources	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 chronicle	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 chronicle	det
32	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 history	conj
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 Rasis	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Rasis	det
35	Moor	Moor	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Rasis	compound
36	Rasis	Rasis	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 chronicle	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 entitled	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 entitled	cc
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 work	det
40	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 entitled	nsubj
41	entitled	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 concludes	parataxis
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Fall	punct
43	‘	'	PUNCT	_	45 Fall	punct
44	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Fall	det
45	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 entitled	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 Spain	case
47	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 Fall	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 Fall	punct
49	’	'	PUNCT	_	45 Fall	punct
50	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	45 Fall	acl
51	by	by	ADP	_	53 Moor	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 Moor	det
53	Moor	moor	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 written	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 Abulcasim	punct
55	Abulcasim	Abulcasim	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 Moor	appos
56	Tarif	Tarif	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Abulcasim	flat
57	Abentarique	Abentarique	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Abulcasim	flat
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 concludes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 87