--- title: Immeasurable wealth is in the cave we are about to enter, but only t… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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 (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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:21:12 # text = 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. 1 Immeasurable immeasurable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 20 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 accumulated accumulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 subterranean subterranean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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. - ← previous: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/13/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/21/)