Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 5, sentence 106
At last the hospitable door was opened, and the honest house-father received the stranger--a perhaps sexagenarian of lofty stature, powerful frame, with a shrewd countenance and snow-white hair--with the greatest readiness; and Frau Anna hurried away to look out dry garments from her husband's wardrobe, and to order from larder and cellar a strengthening, refreshing repast.
Who acts: honest house father, Frau · What happens: open, receive, hurry away, look out, order, cellar · To what, where: last hospitable door, stranger, dry garments, wardrobe, larder, strengthening repast
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (honest house father, Frau), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 door | amod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 4 | hospitable | hospitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 door | amod |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 opened | aux:pass |
| 7 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 received | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 received | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 father | det |
| 11 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 father | amod |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 father | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 house | punct |
| 14 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 received | nsubj |
| 15 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 opened | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 stranger | det |
| 17 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 received | obj |
| 18 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 21 sexagenarian | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 sexagenarian | det |
| 20 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 21 sexagenarian | advmod |
| 21 | sexagenarian | sexagenarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 stranger | appos |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 stature | case |
| 23 | lofty | lofty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 stature | amod |
| 24 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sexagenarian | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 frame | punct |
| 26 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 frame | amod |
| 27 | frame | frame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 stature | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 countenance | punct |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 countenance | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 countenance | det |
| 31 | shrewd | shrewd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 countenance | amod |
| 32 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 received | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 hair | cc |
| 34 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hair | compound |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 snow | punct |
| 36 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 hair | amod |
| 37 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 countenance | conj |
| 38 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 42 readiness | punct |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 readiness | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 readiness | det |
| 41 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 42 readiness | amod |
| 42 | readiness | readiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 countenance | conj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 hurried | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 Frau | cc |
| 45 | Frau | Frau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 hurried | nsubj |
| 46 | Anna | Anna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Frau | flat |
| 47 | hurried | hurry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 opened | conj |
| 48 | away | away | ADV | _ | 47 hurried | advmod |
| 49 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 look | mark |
| 50 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 hurried | advcl |
| 51 | out | out | ADP | _ | 50 look | compound:prt |
| 52 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 garments | amod |
| 53 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 look | obj |
| 54 | from | from | ADP | _ | 58 wardrobe | case |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 husband | nmod:poss |
| 56 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 wardrobe | nmod:poss |
| 57 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 56 husband | case |
| 58 | wardrobe | wardrobe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 garments | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 order | punct |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 order | cc |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 order | mark |
| 62 | order | order | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 opened | parataxis |
| 63 | from | from | ADP | _ | 64 larder | case |
| 64 | larder | larder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 order | obl |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 cellar | cc |
| 66 | cellar | cellar | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 order | conj |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 71 repast | det |
| 68 | strengthening | strengthen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 71 repast | amod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 refreshing | punct |
| 70 | refreshing | refresh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 68 strengthening | conj |
| 71 | repast | repast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 cellar | obj |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past · passive | the last hospitable door | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | receive | past | the honest house father | the stranger | with a shrewd countenance and snow white hair and the greatest readiness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Theme | |||
| 3 | hurry away | past | Frau | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | look out | to-infinitive | Frau not said here | dry garments | Frau's husband's wardrobe | tree rules | |||
| 5 | order | to-infinitive | larder | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from larder=Source | |||||
| 6 | cellar | present | a strengthening repast | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent repast=Theme | |||||
| 7 | strengthen | gerund | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 8 | refresh | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
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