The copies he made, the first that reached circulation within Europe, were not quite accurate but Della Valle understood that the writing had to be read from left to right, following the direction of wedges, but did not attempt to decipher the scripts. Englishman Sir Thomas Herbert, in the 1638 edition of his travel book Some Yeares Travels into Africa & Asia the Great.
The copies he made, the first that reached circulation within Europe, were not quite accurate but Della Valle understood that the writing had to be read from left to right, following the direction of wedges, but did not attempt to decipher the scripts.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
copy
copies
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
reach
reached
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
circulation
circulation
NOUN
NN
case
within
within
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Europe
Europe
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
advmod
quite
quite
ADV
RB
root
Degree=Pos
accurate
accurate
ADJ
JJ
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Number=Sing
Della
Della
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Valle
Valle
PROPN
NNP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
understand
understood
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
writing
writing
NOUN
NN
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux:pass
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
read
read
VERB
VBN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
left
left
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
right
right
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
follow
following
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
direction
direction
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
wedge
wedges
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
do
did
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
conj
VerbForm=Inf
attempt
attempt
VERB
VB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
decipher
decipher
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
script
scripts
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Englishman Sir Thomas Herbert, in the 1638 edition of his travel book Some Yeares Travels into Africa & Asia the Great.
root
Number=Sing
englishman
Englishman
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Sir
Sir
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Thomas
Thomas
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Herbert
Herbert
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1638
1638
NUM
CD
nmod
Number=Sing
edition
edition
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
travel
travel
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
det
some
Some
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Yeares
Yeares
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Plur
Travel
Travels
PROPN
NNPS
case
into
into
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Africa
Africa
PROPN
NNP
cc
&
&
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Asia
Asia
PROPN
NNP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
Great
Great
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.