--- title: Is it the mysterious Devil's Hole in an ancient vault, with the date… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Is it the mysterious Devil's Hole in an ancient vault, with the date 1090, near which house spectres, whose employment it is ever to fill this four feet deep and wide hole with stones; or the opening in one of the largest rock walls, which proclaims a conquest of the castle; or the ruinated chapel, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/) / [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/) / 39 # Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, Legends and Tales., part 3, sentence 39 Is it the mysterious Devil's Hole in an ancient vault, with the date 1090, near which house spectres, whose employment it is ever to fill this four feet deep and wide hole with stones; or the opening in one of the largest rock walls, which proclaims a conquest of the castle; or the ruinated chapel, with its tiny Gothic door and two windows, and the aumbry still in the wall at the right on entering, the over-grown moat to the east and south, the arched entrance, the many half-broken flights of stone steps? **Who acts:** many, largest rock walls, house spectres · **What happens:** be, proclaim, ruinat, arch, break, employ · **To what, where:** conquest This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Legends and Tales., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (many, largest rock walls, house spectres), 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:pg74323:4:39 # text = Is it the mysterious Devil's Hole in an ancient vault, with the date 1090, near which house spectres, whose employment it is ever to fill this four feet deep and wide hole with stones; or the opening in one of the largest rock walls, which proclaims a conquest of the castle; or the ruinated chapel, with its tiny Gothic door and two windows, and the aumbry still in the wall at the right on entering, the over-grown moat to the east and south, the arched entrance, the many half-broken flights of stone steps? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 Hole Hole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 1090 1090 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 near near ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 21 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 spectres spectre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 fill fill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 31 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 amod _ _ 48 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 proclaims proclaim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 ruinated ruinat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 amod _ _ 62 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 70 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 71 nummod _ _ 71 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 aumbry aumbry NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 76 still still ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 80 at at ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 83 on on ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 entering entering NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 87 over-grown over-grown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 88 amod _ _ 88 moat moat NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 conj _ _ 89 to to ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 90 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod _ _ 92 and and CCONJ CC _ 93 cc _ _ 93 south south ADV RB _ 91 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 , , PUNCT , _ 97 punct _ _ 95 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 96 arched arch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 97 amod _ _ 97 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 98 , , PUNCT , _ 104 punct _ _ 99 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 104 det _ _ 100 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 104 amod _ _ 101 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 103 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 102 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 101 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 103 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 104 amod _ _ 104 flights flight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nmod _ _ 105 of of ADP IN _ 107 case _ _ 106 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 107 compound _ _ 107 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 104 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 108 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | many | | | | | with the mysterious Devil's date; the mysterious Devil *nmod:poss*; Hole in a ancient vault *nsubj*; which house spectres *appos*; the opening in one of the largest rock walls in the wall the aumbry at the right on entering the many broken flights of stone steps and the over-grown moat to the east and the arched entrance *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | many | | | | ever | this four feet *obj*; deep hole *obj*; fill *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **proclaim** | present | the largest rock walls | a conquest of the castle | | | | the ruinated chapel with many's tiny Gothic door and two windows *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conquest=Theme | | 4 | **ruinat** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **arch** | participle | | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **break** | participle | | | | | | half *compound* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **employ** | | which house spectres | | | | | | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/40/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/4/)