Additionally, while Davey's reputation as a receptacle of Cornish was well known in the area, none of his neighbours or descendants learned or recorded any of it. As such it is difficult to judge the accuracy of Matthews' claims or to gauge how much knowledge of the tongue Davey might actually have had. Davey is known to have had a copy of William Pryce's 1790 Cornish work Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica, which he inherited from his father.
Additionally, while Davey's reputation as a receptacle of Cornish was well known in the area, none of his neighbours or descendants learned or recorded any of it.
advmod
additionally
Additionally
ADV
RB
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
while
while
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Davey
Davey
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
reputation
reputation
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
receptacle
receptacle
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Cornish
Cornish
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
Degree=Pos
well
well
ADV
RB
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
know
known
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
area
area
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
none
none
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$
nmod
Number=Plur
neighbour
neighbours
NOUN
NNS
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
descendant
descendants
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
learn
learned
VERB
VBD
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
record
recorded
VERB
VBD
obj
any
any
DET
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
As such it is difficult to judge the accuracy of Matthews' claims or to gauge how much knowledge of the tongue Davey might actually have had.
case
as
As
ADP
IN
obl
Degree=Pos
such
such
ADJ
JJ
expl
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Degree=Pos
difficult
difficult
ADJ
JJ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
csubj
VerbForm=Inf
judge
judge
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
accuracy
accuracy
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Matthew
Matthews
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Plur
claim
claims
NOUN
NNS
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
mark
to
to
PART
TO
conj
VerbForm=Inf
gauge
gauge
VERB
VB
advmod
PronType=Int
how
how
ADV
WRB
amod
Degree=Pos
much
much
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
knowledge
knowledge
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
tongue
tongue
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Davey
Davey
PROPN
NNP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
might
might
AUX
MD
advmod
actually
actually
ADV
RB
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
have
had
VERB
VBN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Davey is known to have had a copy of William Pryce's 1790 Cornish work Archaeologia Cornu-Britannica, which he inherited from his father.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Davey
Davey
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
know
known
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
have
had
VERB
VBN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
copy
copy
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
William
William
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Pryce
Pryce
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1790
1790
NUM
CD
compound
Number=Sing
Cornish
Cornish
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
work
work
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
Archaeologia
Archaeologia
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
Cornu
Cornu
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
appos
Number=Sing
Britannica
Britannica
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
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
inherit
inherited
VERB
VBD
case
from
from
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.