--- title: Despising the old Gothic continence, and yielding to the example of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Despising the old Gothic continence, and yielding to the example of the sect of Mahomet, which suited his lascivious temperament, he indulged in a plurality of wives and concubines, encouraging his subjects to do the same. Who acts: Mahomet, subjects. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mahomet, subjects), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:2:31 # text = Despising the old Gothic continence, and yielding to the example of the sect of Mahomet, which suited his lascivious temperament, he indulged in a plurality of wives and concubines, encouraging his subjects to do the same. 1 Despising despise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 continence continence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 yielding yield VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sect sect NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 suited suit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lascivious lascivious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 temperament temperament NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 indulged indulge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plurality plurality NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 concubines concubine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 encouraging encourage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despise** | gerund | Mahomet *not said here* | the old Gothic continence | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer continence=Stimulus | | 2 | **yield** | gerund | Mahomet *not said here* | | | | | to the example of the sect of Mahomet | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to example=Theme | | 3 | **suit** | past | Mahomet | Mahomet's lascivious temperament | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **indulge** | past | Mahomet | | | a plurality of wives and concubines | | | tree rules | | 5 | **encourage** | gerund | Mahomet *not said here* | Mahomet's subjects | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mahomet's subjects *not said here* | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | | 7 | **exemplify** | | | the sect of Mahomet | | | | | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/32/) - ↑ back to [Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/)