--- title: The other legend says the devil wished to divide with Christ the emp… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: The other legend says the devil wished to divide with Christ the empire of the world, and therefore began this wall as the border between the two kingdoms; but the work was not finished at the time agreed upon by the contracting parties, and the contract was broken. Who acts: other legend, devil. 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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 (other legend, devil), 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:pg74323:3:6 # text = The other legend says the devil wished to divide with Christ the empire of the world, and therefore began this wall as the border between the two kingdoms; but the work was not finished at the time agreed upon by the contracting parties, and the contract was broken. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 between between ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 contracting contracting NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the other legend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wish** | past | the devil | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **divide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the devil *not said here* | the empire of the world | | | | with Christ | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent empire=Patient with christ=Instrument | | 4 | **begin** | past | | this wall | | | | as the border between the two kingdoms; therefore *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **finish** | past · passive | | the work | | | time | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle | | the time *not said here* | | | | the contracting parties *obl:agent* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **break** | past · passive | | the contract | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/7/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/3/)