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title: He would fain have persuaded her to return to the faith of her fathe… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He would fain have persuaded her to return to the faith of her fathers; but though of Moorish origin, and brought up in the doctrines of Islam, she was too thorough a convert to Christianity to consent, and looked back with disgust upon a religion that admitted a plurality of wives. Who acts: spirit
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 40

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He would fain have persuaded her to return to the faith of her fathers; but though of Moorish origin, and brought up in the doctrines of Islam, she was too thorough a convert to Christianity to consent, and looked back with disgust upon a religion that admitted a plurality of wives.

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**Who acts:** spirit, religion · **What happens:** persuade, return, bring up, be, consent, look back · **To what, where:** Abdalasis, doctrines, plurality, Islam

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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 (spirit, religion), 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:pg77685:37:40
# text = He would fain have persuaded her to return to the faith of her fathers; but though of Moorish origin, and brought up in the doctrines of Islam, she was too thorough a convert to Christianity to consent, and looked back with disgust upon a religion that admitted a plurality of wives.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	fain	fain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
24	up	up	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
33	too	too	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	thorough	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	convert	convert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	consent	consent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
44	back	back	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	disgust	disgust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	admitted	admit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	plurality	plurality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | would · perfect · passive |  | Abdalasis |  |  |  | of Moorish origin; spirit *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the faith of spirit's fathers *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to faith=Result |
| 3 | **bring up** | past |  |  |  | the doctrines of Islam |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | spirit |  |  |  |  | a convert to Christianity *nsubj*; thorough *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **consent** | to-infinitive | spirit *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **look back** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with disgust; upon a religion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon religion=Theme |
| 7 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | a religion | a plurality of wives |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plurality=Theme |
| 8 | **indoctrinate** |  |  | Islam |  |  |  |  | nom doctrine «cognition 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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