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title: My coffers are exhausted; I have need of supply; and surely it would… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: My coffers are exhausted; I have need of supply; and surely it would be an acceptable act in the eyes of Heaven, to draw forth this wealth which lies buried under profane and necromantic spells, and consecrate it to religious purposes.” Who acts: I, need, wealth. A sentence of «Legends of the conque
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy., sentence 26

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My coffers are exhausted; I have need of supply; and surely it would be an acceptable act in the eyes of Heaven, to draw forth this wealth which lies buried under profane and necromantic spells, and consecrate it to religious purposes.”

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**Who acts:** I, need, wealth · **What happens:** exhaust, have, be, draw, lie, bury · **To what, where:** coffers, need, acceptable act, eyes, wealth, profane spells

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, need, wealth), 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:pg77685:7:26
# text = My coffers are exhausted; I have need of supply; and surely it would be an acceptable act in the eyes of Heaven, to draw forth this wealth which lies buried under profane and necromantic spells, and consecrate it to religious purposes.”
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	coffers	coffer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Heaven	Heaven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
28	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
32	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
33	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	xcomp	_	_
34	under	under	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
35	profane	profane	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	necromantic	necromantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	_
38	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	consecrate	consecrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
42	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	purposes	purpose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | present · passive |  | My coffers |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | present | I | need of supply |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | would | need | a acceptable act |  | the eyes of Heaven |  | surely *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **draw** | to-infinitive |  | this wealth |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme |
| 5 | **lie** | present | this wealth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **bury** | participle | this wealth *not said here* |  |  | profane spells |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under spell=Destination |
| 7 | **consecrate** | infinitive |  | wealth |  |  |  | to religious purposes | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 8 | **need** |  |  | supply |  |  |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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