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title: It has been believed by many that this was the veritable tomb of the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: It has been believed by many that this was the veritable tomb of the monarch, and that in this hermitage he had finished his days in solitary penance. Who acts: this, monarch. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Rod
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 38

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It has been believed by many that this was the veritable tomb of the monarch, and that in this hermitage he had finished his days in solitary penance.

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**Who acts:** this, monarch · **What happens:** believe, be, finish · **To what, where:** soldier, veritable tomb, hermitage

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, monarch), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:19:38
# text = It has been believed by many that this was the veritable tomb of the monarch, and that in this hermitage he had finished his days in solitary penance.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	veritable	veritable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	hermitage	hermitage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	solitary	solitary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	penance	penance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · perfect · passive |  | soldier |  |  |  | by many | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | this | the veritable tomb |  |  |  | of the monarch | tree rules |
| 3 | **finish** | past · perfect | monarch |  |  | this hermitage | day | in solitary penance | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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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