--- title: Let us enter the cave, which has two openings, one to the south-east… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: Let us enter the cave, which has two openings, one to the south-east, the other to the south-west; it is of considerable height and breadth, resembling a subterranean chapel, formed of cross-arches, and provided with niches. Who acts: you, us, cave, spot. 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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 (you, us, cave, spot), 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:pg74323:8:11 # text = Let us enter the cave, which has two openings, one to the south-east, the other to the south-west; it is of considerable height and breadth, resembling a subterranean chapel, formed of cross-arches, and provided with niches. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 openings opening NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 appos _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 resembling resemble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 subterranean subterranean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 cross-arches cross-arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 niches niche NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **enter** | infinitive | us *not said here* | the cave | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cave=Destination | | 3 | **have** | present | the cave | two openings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opening=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | spot | | | | | of considerable height and breadth; breadth *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **resemble** | gerund | considerable height and breadth *not said here* | a subterranean chapel | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **form** | participle | | a subterranean chapel *not said here* | | | | of cross-arches | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **provide** | participle | | | | | | with niches | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with niche=Theme | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/12/) - ↑ back to [Legends and Tales., part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/8/)