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title: Ayub would fain have impressed upon him the dangers he ran of awaken… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayub would fain have impressed upon him the dangers he ran of awakening suspicion in the caliph, and discontent among the Moslems, by wedding the queen of the conquered Roderick, and one who was an enemy to the religion of Mahomet; but the youthful lover only listened to his passion. Who acts: Ayub,
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 47

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Ayub would fain have impressed upon him the dangers he ran of awakening suspicion in the caliph, and discontent among the Moslems, by wedding the queen of the conquered Roderick, and one who was an enemy to the religion of Mahomet; but the youthful lover only listened to his passion.

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**Who acts:** Ayub, queen, youthful lover · **What happens:** fain, impress, run, awaken, conquer, be · **To what, where:** discontent, dangers, suspicion, caliph, one enemy

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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 (Ayub, queen, youthful lover), 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:pg77685:37:47
# text = Ayub would fain have impressed upon him the dangers he ran of awakening suspicion in the caliph, and discontent among the Moslems, by wedding the queen of the conquered Roderick, and one who was an enemy to the religion of Mahomet; but the youthful lover only listened to his passion.
1	Ayub	Ayub	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fain	fain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	impressed	impress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	awakening	awaken	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	discontent	discontent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
21	among	among	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Moslems	Moslem	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	amod	_	_
32	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
38	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
50	only	only	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	passion	passion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fain** | would | Ayub | discontent among the Moslems |  |  |  | wedding and the queen of the conquered Roderick *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **impress** | infinitive · perfect | Ayub *not said here* | the dangers |  |  |  | upon Ayub | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus danger=Experiencer |
| 3 | **run** | past | Ayub | the dangers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Trajectory |
| 4 | **awaken** | gerund | Ayub *not said here* | suspicion |  | the caliph |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location suspicion=Theme |
| 5 | **conquer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is a** | past | the queen of the conquered Roderick | a one enemy |  |  |  | to the religion of Mahomet | tree rules |
| 7 | **listen** | past | the youthful lover |  |  |  |  | to lover's passion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to passion=Theme |

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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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