Duende [XV, 1] may be absent in Italian and French, as Mr. Bria assures us, but it is alive and prospering in Portuguese.
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(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))))) (. .)))
Mr. Bria assures use that Duende might not be in Italian and French.
( ( Mr. Bria ) ( ( assures ( use ( that ( Duende ( ( might not ) ( be ( in ( ( Italian and ) French ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Mr.) (NNP Bria)) (VP (VBZ assures) (VP (VB use) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNP Duende)) (VP (MD might) (RB not) (VP (VB be) (PP (IN in) (NP (JJ Italian) (CC and) (JJ French))))))))) (. .)))