Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 12
Immeasurable wealth is in the cave we are about to enter, but only two of us can become possessed of the accumulated treasures, or ever see the light of day again; the third, on whom the lot falls, must remain as a sacrifice to the dark ruler of the subterranean world.
Who acts: Immeasurable wealth, we, two, lot · What happens: be, become, possess, accumulate, see, fall · To what, where: cave, light, day
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Immeasurable wealth, we, two, lot), 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 | Immeasurable | immeasurable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wealth | amod |
| 2 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cave | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cave | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 cave | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cave | det |
| 6 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 enter | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 enter | cop |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 11 enter | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 enter | mark |
| 11 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cave | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 become | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 become | cc |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 two | advmod |
| 15 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 become | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 us | case |
| 17 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 two | nmod |
| 18 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 become | aux |
| 19 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cave | parataxis |
| 20 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 become | xcomp |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 treasures | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 treasures | det |
| 23 | accumulated | accumulate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 treasures | amod |
| 24 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 possessed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 see | cc |
| 27 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 28 see | advmod |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 become | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 light | det |
| 30 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 see | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 day | case |
| 32 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 light | nmod |
| 33 | again | again | ADV | _ | 28 see | advmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 third | punct |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 third | det |
| 36 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 cave | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 falls | punct |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 whom | case |
| 39 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 falls | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 lot | det |
| 41 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 falls | nsubj |
| 42 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 third | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 remain | punct |
| 44 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 remain | aux |
| 45 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 falls | ccomp |
| 46 | as | as | ADP | _ | 48 sacrifice | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 sacrifice | det |
| 48 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 remain | obl |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 ruler | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 ruler | det |
| 51 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 ruler | amod |
| 52 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 remain | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 world | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 world | det |
| 55 | subterranean | subterranean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 world | amod |
| 56 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 ruler | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Immeasurable wealth | the cave | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | we | about, enter property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | become | can | two of us | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | possess | participle | two of us not said here | of the accumulated treasures | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 5 | accumulate | participle | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | see | infinitive | two of us not said here | the light of day | ever; again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | fall | present | the lot | whom obl | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 8 | remain | must | the lot not said here | as a sacrifice; to the dark ruler of the subterranean world | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | light | day | nom light «phenomenon 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 and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (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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