Duende [XV, 1] may be absent in Italian and French, as Mr. Bria assures us, but it is alive and prospering in Portuguese.
( ( ( ( ( ( Duende ( -LSB- XV ) ) ( , ( ( 1 -RSB- ) ( may ( ( ( be ( absent ( in ( ( Italian and ) French ) ) ) ) , ) ( as ( ( Mr. Bria ) ( assures us ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) but ) ( it ( ( is ( ( alive and ) prospering ) ) ( in Portuguese ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NNP Duende) (NNP -LSB-) (NNP XV)) (, ,) (NP (QP (CD 1) (CD -RSB-))) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ absent) (PP (IN in) (ADJP (JJ Italian) (CC and) (JJ French)))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (NNP Mr.) (NNP Bria)) (VP (VBZ assures) (NP (PRP us)))))))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ alive) (CC and) (JJ prospering)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NNP Portuguese))))) (. .)))
French is one of the most popular languages in romance novels.
( French ( ( is ( one ( of ( ( the ( ( most popular ) languages ) ) ( in ( romance novels ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP French)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (CD one)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (ADJP (RBS most) (JJ popular)) (NNS languages)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN romance) (NNS novels))))))) (. .)))