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title: He now went on to imitate the pernicious policy of his predecessor;… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He now went on to imitate the pernicious policy of his predecessor; throwing down walls and towers, disarming the people, and thus incapacitating them from rebellion. Who acts: governor. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.,
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government., sentence 32

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He now went on to imitate the pernicious policy of his predecessor; throwing down walls and towers, disarming the people, and thus incapacitating them from rebellion.

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**Who acts:** governor · **What happens:** go on, imitate, throw down, disarm, incapacitate · **To what, where:** pernicious policy, walls, people, rebellion

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (governor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:3:32
# text = He now went on to imitate the pernicious policy of his predecessor; throwing down walls and towers, disarming the people, and thus incapacitating them from rebellion.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	imitate	imitate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pernicious	pernicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	policy	policy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	predecessor	predecessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
14	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	disarming	disarm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	incapacitating	incapacitate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | governor |  |  |  | now |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **imitate** | to-infinitive | governor *not said here* | the pernicious policy of governor's predecessor |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent policy=Theme |
| 3 | **throw down** | gerund | governor *not said here* | walls and towers |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Theme |
| 4 | **disarm** | gerund | governor *not said here* | the people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
| 5 | **incapacitate** | gerund | governor *not said here* | people |  | rebellion |  | thus *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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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