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title: During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Fronti… — Rome · tree and pragmatics
description: During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial household, ba
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# Rome, sentence 430

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During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial household, baths, and owners of private villas.

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**Who acts:** Rome, nine aqueducts, 591 public basins · **What happens:** accord, name, have, feed, not count, supply · **To what, where:** Roman consul, nine aqueducts, 98 AD, 39 monumental fountains, water

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Rome». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rome, nine aqueducts, 591 public basins), 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 article's note marks are left out of the parse.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = wikipedia:Rome:430
# text = During the Roman Empire, in 98 AD, according to Sextus Julius Frontinus, the Roman consul who was named curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city, Rome had nine aqueducts which fed 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins, not counting the water supplied to the Imperial household, baths, and owners of private villas.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	98	98	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	AD	ad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	Sextus	Sextus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
13	Julius	Julius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	Frontinus	Frontinus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	consul	consul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	curator	curator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	aquarum	aquarum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	xcomp	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	guardian	guardian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
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	,	_	12	punct	_	_
33	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
35	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	aqueducts	aqueduct	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
39	39	39	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
40	monumental	monumental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	591	591	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
44	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	basins	basin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
48	counting	count	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	45	acl	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
60	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	parataxis	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	villas	villa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** | past · passive |  | the Roman consul |  |  |  | curator aquarum or guardian of the water of the city *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | Rome | nine aqueducts |  | 98 AD | during the Roman Empire | accord Sextus; owners of private villas *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aqueduct=Patient |
| 4 | **feed** | past | nine aqueducts | 39 monumental fountains and 591 public basins |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fountain=Recipient |
| 5 | **not** **count** | gerund | 591 public basins *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 6 | **supply** | participle |  | the water *not said here* |  |  |  | the Imperial household and baths *obl:agent* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «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:** the English Wikipedia, «Rome», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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