Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 46

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.

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

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.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 wanting	expl
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wanting	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 wanting	advmod
4	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 insinuated	nsubj:pass
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 insinuated	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 insinuated	aux
8	insinuated	insinuate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanting	ccomp
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 work	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 work	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 work	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 work	det
13	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 insinuated	advcl
14	dating	date	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 work	acl
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 time	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dating	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Romans	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Romans	det
20	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 time	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 intended	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 intended	cc
23	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 work	conj
24	as	as	ADP	_	26 cloaca	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 cloaca	det
26	cloaca	cloaca	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 intended	obl
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 sewer	cc
28	sewer	sewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 cloaca	conj
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 city	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 city	det
31	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 sewer	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 treated	punct
33	but	but	CCONJ	_	40 treated	cc
34	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	37 insinuation	det:predet
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 insinuation	det
36	grovelling	grovell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 insinuation	amod
37	insinuation	insinuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 treated	nsubj:pass
38	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 treated	aux
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 treated	aux:pass
40	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanting	conj
41	with	with	ADP	_	43 scorn	case
42	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 scorn	amod
43	scorn	scorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 treated	obl
44	by	by	ADP	_	46 reader	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 reader	det
46	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 treated	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 purposes	punct
48	after	after	ADP	_	51 purposes	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 purposes	det
50	nobler	noble	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	51 purposes	amod
51	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 treated	obl
52	to	to	ADP	_	53 which	case
53	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	56 heard	obl
54	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 heard	nsubj
55	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	56 heard	aux
56	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	51 purposes	parataxis
57	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	59 cavern	det
58	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 cavern	amod
59	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 heard	obj
60	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 cavern	acl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wanting	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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

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.

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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 46

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 46