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.

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

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.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	4 Empire	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Empire	det
3	Roman	Roman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Empire	compound
4	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 had	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Empire	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 AD	case
7	98	98	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 AD	nummod
8	AD	ad	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 had	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 AD	punct
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sextus	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sextus	Sextus	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 had	obl
13	Julius	Julius	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sextus	flat
14	Frontinus	Frontinus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sextus	flat
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 consul	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 consul	det
17	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 consul	amod
18	consul	consul	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Sextus	appos
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 named	nsubj:pass
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 named	aux:pass
21	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 consul	acl:relcl
22	curator	curator	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 aquarum	compound
23	aquarum	aquarum	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 named	xcomp
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 guardian	cc
25	guardian	guardian	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 aquarum	conj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 water	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 water	det
28	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 guardian	nmod
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 water	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Sextus	punct
33	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 had	nsubj
34	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
35	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	36 aqueducts	nummod
36	aqueducts	aqueduct	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 had	obj
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 fed	nsubj
38	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 aqueducts	acl:relcl
39	39	39	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	41 fountains	nummod
40	monumental	monumental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 fountains	amod
41	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 fed	obj
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 basins	cc
43	591	591	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	45 basins	nummod
44	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 basins	amod
45	basins	basin	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 fountains	conj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 counting	punct
47	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	48 counting	advmod
48	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	45 basins	acl
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 water	det
50	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 counting	obj
51	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	50 water	acl
52	to	to	ADP	_	55 household	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 household	det
54	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 household	amod
55	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 supplied	obl:agent
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 baths	punct
57	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 household	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 owners	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 owners	cc
60	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 had	parataxis
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 villas	case
62	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 villas	amod
63	villas	villa	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 owners	nmod
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	34 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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

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: 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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Rome, sentence 430