--- title: Nay, he even sought to gain the sanction of the church to his excess… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Nay, he even sought to gain the sanction of the church to his excesses; promulgating a law by which the clergy were released from their vows of celibacy, and permitted to marry and to entertain paramours. Who acts: Mahomet, clergy. 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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, clergy), 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:pg77685:2:32 # text = Nay, he even sought to gain the sanction of the church to his excesses; promulgating a law by which the clergy were released from their vows of celibacy, and permitted to marry and to entertain paramours. 1 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sanction sanction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 excesses excess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 promulgating promulgate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 clergy clergy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 celibacy celibacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 entertain entertain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 paramours paramour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | Mahomet | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **gain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mahomet *not said here* | the sanction of the church to Mahomet's excesses | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanction=Theme | | 3 | **promulgate** *speech: other* | gerund | | a law | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent law=Topic | | 4 | **release** | past · passive | | the clergy | | clergy's vows of celibacy | | which *obl* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 5 | **permit** | participle | | | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **entertain** | to-infinitive | | paramours | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus paramour=Experiencer | | 8 | **sanction** | | | the church to Mahomet's excesses | | | | | nom sanction «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **vow** | | clergy | celibacy | | | | | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/33/) - ↑ 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/)