Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 40

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

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.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 persuaded	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 persuaded	aux
3	fain	fain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persuaded	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 persuaded	aux
5	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 persuaded	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 return	mark
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 persuaded	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 faith	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 faith	det
11	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fathers	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fathers	nmod:poss
14	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 faith	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 origin	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 origin	cc
17	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 origin	mark
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 origin	case
19	Moorish	moorish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 origin	amod
20	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 persuaded	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 brought	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 brought	cc
23	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 persuaded	parataxis
24	up	up	ADP	_	23 brought	compound:prt
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 doctrines	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 doctrines	det
27	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 brought	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Islam	case
29	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 doctrines	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 thorough	punct
31	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 thorough	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 thorough	cop
33	too	too	ADV	_	34 thorough	advmod
34	thorough	thorough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 brought	conj
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 convert	det
36	convert	convert	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 thorough	nsubj
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 Christianity	case
38	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 convert	nmod
39	to	to	PART	_	40 consent	mark
40	consent	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 convert	acl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 looked	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 looked	cc
43	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 brought	conj
44	back	back	ADV	_	43 looked	advmod
45	with	with	ADP	_	46 disgust	case
46	disgust	disgust	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 looked	obl
47	upon	upon	ADP	_	49 religion	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 religion	det
49	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 looked	obl
50	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	51 admitted	nsubj
51	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 religion	acl:relcl
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 plurality	det
53	plurality	plurality	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 admitted	obj
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 wives	case
55	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 plurality	nmod
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 persuaded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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

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.

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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 40