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title: He endeavoured, therefore, to allay the ferment and confusion of the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He endeavoured, therefore, to allay the ferment and confusion of the conquest; forbade, under rigorous punishment, all wanton spoil or oppression, and protected the native inhabitants in the enjoyment and cultivation of their lands, and the pursuit of all useful occupations. Who acts: Abdalasis. A s
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 29

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He endeavoured, therefore, to allay the ferment and confusion of the conquest; forbade, under rigorous punishment, all wanton spoil or oppression, and protected the native inhabitants in the enjoyment and cultivation of their lands, and the pursuit of all useful occupations.

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**Who acts:** Abdalasis · **What happens:** endeavour, allay, forbid, protect, confuse, cultivate · **To what, where:** pursuit, ferment, rigorous punishment, native inhabitants, enjoyment, conquest

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:36:29
# text = He endeavoured, therefore, to allay the ferment and confusion of the conquest; forbade, under rigorous punishment, all wanton spoil or oppression, and protected the native inhabitants in the enjoyment and cultivation of their lands, and the pursuit of all useful occupations.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	endeavoured	endeavour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	allay	allay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ferment	ferment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	under	under	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	rigorous	rigorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
23	wanton	wanton	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	oppression	oppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	protected	protect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	cultivation	cultivation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	48	det	_	_
47	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endeavour** | past | Abdalasis | the pursuit of all useful occupations |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **allay** | to-infinitive | Abdalasis *not said here* | the ferment and confusion of the conquest |  |  |  | therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **forbid** | past | Abdalasis *not said here* | rigorous punishment |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer punishment=Theme |
| 4 | **protect** | past |  | the native inhabitants |  | the enjoyment and cultivation of enjoyment's lands |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **confuse** |  |  | the conquest |  |  |  |  | nom confusion «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **cultivate** |  |  | enjoyment's lands |  |  |  |  | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **pursue** |  |  | all useful occupations |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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