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title: There are not wanting those who affirm that the hapless Florinda len… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: There are not wanting those who affirm that the hapless Florinda lent a yielding ear to the solicitations of the monarch, and her name has been treated with opprobrium in several of the ancient chronicles and legendary ballads that have transmitted, from generation to generation, the story of the wo
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 71

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There are not wanting those who affirm that the hapless Florinda lent a yielding ear to the solicitations of the monarch, and her name has been treated with opprobrium in several of the ancient chronicles and legendary ballads that have transmitted, from generation to generation, the story of the woes of Spain.

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**Who acts:** hapless Florinda, Don · **What happens:** be, not want, affirm, lend, yield, treat · **To what, where:** those, yielding ear, solicitations, name, several, ancient chronicles

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Story of Florinda.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hapless Florinda, Don), 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:pg77685:6:71
# text = There are not wanting those who affirm that the hapless Florinda lent a yielding ear to the solicitations of the monarch, and her name has been treated with opprobrium in several of the ancient chronicles and legendary ballads that have transmitted, from generation to generation, the story of the woes of Spain.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	affirm	affirm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	hapless	hapless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Florinda	Florinda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	yielding	yield	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	solicitations	solicitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	opprobrium	opprobrium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	chronicles	chronicle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	legendary	legendary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	ballads	ballad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	conj	_	_
40	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	transmitted	transmit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	woes	woe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **want** | gerund |  | those |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |
| 3 | **affirm** | present |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **lend** | past | the hapless Florinda | a yielding ear | the solicitations of the monarch |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to solicitation=Recipient |
| 5 | **yield** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **treat** | present · perfect · passive |  | Don's name |  | several of the ancient chronicles and legendary ballads |  | with opprobrium | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with opprobrium=Theme |
| 7 | **transmit** | present · perfect · passive |  | the ancient chronicles and legendary ballads |  |  | from generation to generation and the story of the woes of Spain |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from generation=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **solicit** |  |  | the monarch |  |  |  |  | nom solicitation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **name** |  | Don |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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