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title: The moderation and benignity of his conduct soothed the terrors of t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The moderation and benignity of his conduct soothed the terrors of the vanquished, and his wise precautions restored tranquillity. Who acts: moderation, wise precautions, son. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 32

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The moderation and benignity of his conduct soothed the terrors of the vanquished, and his wise precautions restored tranquillity.

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**Who acts:** moderation, wise precautions, son · **What happens:** soothe, vanquish, restore, conduct · **To what, where:** terrors

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moderation, wise precautions, son), 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:pg77685:31:32
# text = The moderation and benignity of his conduct soothed the terrors of the vanquished, and his wise precautions restored tranquillity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moderation	moderation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	benignity	benignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	soothed	soothe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	terrors	terror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
13	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	precautions	precaution	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	tranquillity	tranquillity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soothe** | past | the moderation of son's conduct and benignity | the terrors of the vanquished restored tranquillity |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus terror=Experiencer |
| 2 | **vanquish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | participle | son's wise precautions |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | son |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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