--- title: The tradition is, that whoever crosses that beam will be given over… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The tradition is, that whoever crosses that beam will be given over to the Evil One, who governs there, and sits, between heaps of gold and silver, by a table, with a great book before him, in which he writes the name of every person who approaches him. Who acts: whoever, cave, person. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whoever, cave, person), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:20:166 # text = The tradition is, that whoever crosses that beam will be given over to the Evil One, who governs there, and sits, between heaps of gold and silver, by a table, with a great book before him, in which he writes the name of every person who approaches him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 crosses cross VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 beam beam NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 over over ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Evil Evil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 17 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 governs govern VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 between between ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the tradition | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cross** | present | whoever | that beam | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Patient | | 3 | **give over** | future · passive | | the tradition | | | | over *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **govern** | present | | | | there | | to the Evil; who *nsubj* | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sit** | present | | | | heaps of gold and silver | | by a table; with a great book before cave | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between heap=Location | | 6 | **write** | present | cave | the name of every person | | | | which *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme in which=Destination | | 7 | **approach** | present | every person | cave | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | | every person | | | | | nom name «communication 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. - ← previous: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/165/) - next →: [sentence 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/167/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)