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title: Whatever scruples the captive queen might originally have felt to a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Whatever scruples the captive queen might originally have felt to a union with one of the conquerors of her lord, and an enemy of her adopted faith, they were easily vanquished; and she became the bride of Abdalasis. Who acts: Whatever, spirit. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Was
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 39

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Whatever scruples the captive queen might originally have felt to a union with one of the conquerors of her lord, and an enemy of her adopted faith, they were easily vanquished; and she became the bride of Abdalasis.

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**Who acts:** Whatever, spirit · **What happens:** scruple, feel, adopt, vanquish, become · **To what, where:** captive queen, conquerors, bride

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Whatever, spirit), 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:pg77685:37:39
# text = Whatever scruples the captive queen might originally have felt to a union with one of the conquerors of her lord, and an enemy of her adopted faith, they were easily vanquished; and she became the bride of Abdalasis.
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scruples	scruple	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	originally	originally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	conquerors	conqueror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	amod	_	_
28	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
32	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	xcomp	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scruple** | present | Whatever |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | might · perfect · passive |  | the captive queen |  |  |  | to a union; with one of the conquerors of spirit's lord; a enemy of spirit's adopted faith *obl*; originally *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **vanquish** | past · passive |  | conquerors *= conqueror* |  |  |  | easily *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **become** | past | spirit | the bride of Abdalasis |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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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