--- title: Two men from some distant country had often entered the cave, and ha… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Two men from some distant country had often entered the cave, and had always succeeded in enticing a third to accompany them, who always fell into the hands of the _Gott-sei-bei-uns_, since they so arranged it that the lot fell to him. Who acts: Men, lot. 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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 (Men, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:20:168 # text = Two men from some distant country had often entered the cave, and had always succeeded in enticing a third to accompany them, who always fell into the hands of the _Gott-sei-bei-uns_, since they so arranged it that the lot fell to him. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 16 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 enticing entice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 33 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Gott Gott PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 sei sei NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 bei bei NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 uns un NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 since since SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past · perfect · passive | | Two men from some distant country | | | | the cave *obj*; often *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **succeed** | past · perfect | | | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **entice** | gerund | | a third | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus third=Experiencer | | 4 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | | Men *= man* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | | | | | | into the hands of the bei uns Gott *result*; who *nsubj*; always *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result | | 6 | **arrange** | past | Men *= man* | third | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | | 7 | **fall** | past | the lot | | cave | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | 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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/169/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/20/)