Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 71

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.

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

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.

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	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 wanting	advmod
4	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 are	advcl
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 wanting	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 affirm	nsubj
7	affirm	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 those	acl:relcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 lent	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Florinda	det
10	hapless	hapless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Florinda	amod
11	Florinda	Florinda	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lent	nsubj
12	lent	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 affirm	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 ear	det
14	yielding	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 ear	amod
15	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lent	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 solicitations	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 solicitations	det
18	solicitations	solicitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lent	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 monarch	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 monarch	det
21	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 solicitations	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 treated	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 treated	cc
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 name	nmod:poss
25	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 treated	nsubj:pass
26	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 treated	aux
27	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 treated	aux:pass
28	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 lent	conj
29	with	with	ADP	_	30 opprobrium	case
30	opprobrium	opprobrium	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 treated	obl
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 several	case
32	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 treated	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	36 chronicles	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 chronicles	det
35	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 chronicles	amod
36	chronicles	chronicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 several	obl
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 ballads	cc
38	legendary	legendary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 ballads	amod
39	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 chronicles	conj
40	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 transmitted	nsubj:pass
41	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 transmitted	aux
42	transmitted	transmit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 chronicles	acl:relcl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 generation	punct
44	from	from	ADP	_	45 generation	case
45	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 transmitted	obl
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 generation	case
47	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 generation	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 story	punct
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 story	det
50	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 generation	conj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 woes	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 woes	det
53	woes	woe	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 story	nmod
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 Spain	case
55	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 woes	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

Pragmatics

#	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

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 Story of Florinda., sentence 71

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 71