--- title: But when three enter together and draw lots with one another, two of… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: But when three enter together and draw lots with one another, two of them may depart laden with treasures, and only the third, upon whom the lot has fallen, must remain behind, and is torn in a thousand pieces by the demon. Who acts: three, one, lot, demon. 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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 (three, one, lot, demon), 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:pg74323:20:167 # text = But when three enter together and draw lots with one another, two of them may depart laden with treasures, and only the third, upon whom the lot has fallen, must remain behind, and is torn in a thousand pieces by the demon. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 7 draw draw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 10 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 laden lade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 remain remain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 36 behind behind ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | present | three | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | present | | lots | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | may | one | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lade** | participle | one *not said here* | | | | | with treasures | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | present · perfect | the lot | | | | | whom *obl* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon whom=Location | | 6 | **remain** | must | | | | | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tear** | present · passive | the demon | | | thousand pieces | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Trajectory | 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/168/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)