--- title: Others think that it was a temple dedicated to Hercules; as was the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Others think that it was a temple dedicated to Hercules; as was the case, according to Pomponius Mela, with the great cave in the rock of Gibraltar; certain it is, that it has always borne the name of “The Cave of Hercules.” Who acts: Others, other. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Others, other), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:21:45 # text = Others think that it was a temple dedicated to Hercules; as was the case, according to Pomponius Mela, with the great cave in the rock of Gibraltar; certain it is, that it has always borne the name of “The Cave of Hercules.” 1 Others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 8 dedicated dedicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 Pomponius Pomponius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 20 Mela Mela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Gibraltar Gibraltar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 40 advmod _ _ 40 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 “ " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Cave Cave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Hercules Hercules PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Others | | | | | with the great cave in the rock of Gibraltar | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | other | a temple | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **dedicate** | participle | | a temple *not said here* | Hercules | | | | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to hercules=Goal | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the case; Pomponius *appos* | tree rules | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | other | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bear** | present · perfect · passive | | other | | | | the name of the Cave of Hercules *obj*; always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary name=Patient | | 8 | **name** | | | the Cave of Hercules | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/21/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/21/46/) - ↑ back to [The Cave of Hercules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/21/)