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title: There are not wanting some who have insinuated that it was a work da… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: There are not wanting some who have insinuated that it was a work dating from the time of the Romans, and intended as a cloaca or sewer of the city; but such a grovelling insinuation will be treated with proper scorn by the reader, after the nobler purposes to which he has heard this marvellous cave
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 46

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There are not wanting some who have insinuated that it was a work dating from the time of the Romans, and intended as a cloaca or sewer of the city; but such a grovelling insinuation will be treated with proper scorn by the reader, after the nobler purposes to which he has heard this marvellous cavern consecrated.

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**Who acts:** name, work, reader, Hercules · **What happens:** not want, insinuate, be, date, intend, grovell · **To what, where:** some, work, grovelling insinuation, marvellous cavern

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Cave of Hercules.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, work, reader, Hercules), 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:pg77685:21:46
# text = There are not wanting some who have insinuated that it was a work dating from the time of the Romans, and intended as a cloaca or sewer of the city; but such a grovelling insinuation will be treated with proper scorn by the reader, after the nobler purposes to which he has heard this marvellous cavern consecrated.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	insinuated	insinuate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
14	dating	date	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	cloaca	cloaca	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	sewer	sewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
34	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	37	det:predet	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	grovelling	grovell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	amod	_	_
37	insinuation	insinuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
41	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	after	after	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	nobler	noble	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	51	amod	_	_
51	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	obl	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	51	parataxis	_	_
57	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	59	det	_	_
58	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	cavern	cavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
60	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present · progressive |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **insinuate** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | some |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past | name | a work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **date** | gerund | a work *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **intend** | participle | name *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a cloaca or sewer of the city | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as cloaca=Attribute |
| 6 | **grovell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **treat** | future · passive | the reader | such grovelling insinuation |  |  | after the nobler purposes | with proper scorn | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient with scorn=Theme |
| 8 | **hear** | present · perfect | Hercules | this marvellous cavern |  |  |  | to the nobler purposes | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cavern=Stimulus |
| 9 | **consecrate** | participle |  | this marvellous cavern *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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