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title: These insinuations fermented the discontent of the turbulent and rap… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: These insinuations fermented the discontent of the turbulent and rapacious among the Moslems; but all the friends of peace and order and good government applauded the moderation of the youthful emir. Who acts: insinuations, friends. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irvi
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 38

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These insinuations fermented the discontent of the turbulent and rapacious among the Moslems; but all the friends of peace and order and good government applauded the moderation of the youthful emir.

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**Who acts:** insinuations, friends · **What happens:** ferment, applaud, discontent · **To what, where:** discontent, moderation, turbulent rapacious Moslems

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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 (insinuations, friends), 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:pg77685:36:38
# text = These insinuations fermented the discontent of the turbulent and rapacious among the Moslems; but all the friends of peace and order and good government applauded the moderation of the youthful emir.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	insinuations	insinuation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fermented	ferment	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	discontent	discontent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
8	turbulent	turbulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rapacious	rapacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Moslems	Moslem	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	applauded	applaud	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	moderation	moderation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	emir	emir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ferment** | past | this insinuations | the discontent of the turbulent rapacious Moslems |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **applaud** | past | all friends of peace and order and good government | the moderation of the youthful emir |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moderation=Stimulus |
| 3 | **discontent** |  |  | the turbulent rapacious Moslems |  |  |  |  | nom discontent «feeling 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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