白勇语法全解2－54

In 1791 Probert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered his property.

A.

B. setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as

C. and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as

D. and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered

E. and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as

答案A

setting在这里表示伴随状语修饰emancipation吗？

为什么不能选择D，与stunned构成并列关系呢？D错的原因仅仅是因为the的位置的问题吗？

请教NN，谢谢！

从逻辑上来说，set free与stun也不应该是并列的关系。

fill a deed是stun的原因，set free是fill a deed的伴随结果

还是感觉有点迷惑。。。

可不可以这样理解：setting是的解放契约签订伴随状语，用来解释这个deed，仅仅内容是要求释放奴隶，并没有开始真正释放奴隶。

虽然我也不怎么搞得清楚,就乱说两句:

句子的伴随状语,不一定要是修饰前面那个词的吧,修饰的是整个句子,setting的动作发出者是句子的主语