--- title: The three ladies entered, now coal-black, and silent, and sad; they… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The three ladies entered, now coal-black, and silent, and sad; they were followed by three men, who cried, pointing to the eldest brother, "Thou perjured rascal!" seized him, quartered him, and packed him in a barrel, likewise the second. Who acts: three ladies, three men, Thou. 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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 ladies, three men, Thou), 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:pg74323:22:16 # text = The three ladies entered, now coal-black, and silent, and sad; they were followed by three men, who cried, pointing to the eldest brother, "Thou perjured rascal!" seized him, quartered him, and packed him in a barrel, likewise the second. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 7 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 perjured perjure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 rascal rascal NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 39 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 quartered quarter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 packed pack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | the three ladies | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | past · passive | | ladies *= lady* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | three men | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **point** | gerund | three men *not said here* | | the eldest brother | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient | | 5 | **perjure** *in a quote* | past | Thou | rascal | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seize** | past | three men | object | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **quarter** | past | the three ladies *not said here* | object | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **pack** | past | | object | | a barrel | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in barrel=Destination | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/17/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)