Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 2, sentence 6
The other legend says the devil wished to divide with Christ the empire of the world, and therefore began this wall as the border between the two kingdoms; but the work was not finished at the time agreed upon by the contracting parties, and the contract was broken.
Who acts: other legend, devil · What happens: say, wish, divide, begin, not finish, agree · To what, where: empire, wall, work, time, contract · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other legend, devil), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 legend | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 legend | amod |
| 3 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 devil | det |
| 6 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wished | nsubj |
| 7 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 divide | mark |
| 9 | divide | divide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wished | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 Christ | case |
| 11 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 divide | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 empire | det |
| 13 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 divide | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 world | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 world | det |
| 16 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 empire | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 began | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 began | cc |
| 19 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 20 began | advmod |
| 20 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wished | parataxis |
| 21 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 wall | det |
| 22 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 began | obj |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 25 border | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 border | det |
| 25 | border | border | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 began | obl |
| 26 | between | between | ADP | _ | 29 kingdoms | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 kingdoms | det |
| 28 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 29 kingdoms | nummod |
| 29 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 border | nmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 finished | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 finished | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 work | det |
| 33 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 finished | aux:pass |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 finished | advmod |
| 36 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | ccomp |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 time | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 time | det |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 finished | obl |
| 40 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 time | acl |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 45 parties | case |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 parties | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 parties | det |
| 44 | contracting | contracting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 parties | compound |
| 45 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 agreed | obl:agent |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 broken | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 broken | cc |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 contract | det |
| 49 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 broken | aux:pass |
| 51 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 finished | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the other legend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wish | past | the devil | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | divide not said to happen | to-infinitive | the devil not said here | the empire of the world | with Christ | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent empire=Patient with christ=Instrument | |||
| 4 | begin | past | this wall | as the border between the two kingdoms; therefore property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | not finish | past · passive | the work | time | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | agree speech: agree | participle | the time not said here | the contracting parties obl:agent | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | break | past · passive | the contract | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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