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肥老鼠

  In 1791 Robert 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) setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered

(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（A）

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

答案A。请问stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a deed of emancipation是什么意思，怎么翻译？

aeoluseros

当前面是谓语动词主动形式的时候，by + doing表示行为方式：

RCIII签下释放契约(deed有契约的意思)，这让他的家人朋友邻居都震惊了下。

肥老鼠

谢谢了，其实理解了句子意思，结构就出来了