--- title: At last the hospitable door was opened, and the honest house-father… — Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains · tree and pragmatics description: 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 wardr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/106/) [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/) / [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/) / 106 # 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74323:22:106 # text = 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. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hospitable hospitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 sexagenarian sexagenarian NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 stature stature NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 shrewd shrewd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 readiness readiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Frau Frau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 flat _ _ 47 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 out out ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 's 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 wardrobe wardrobe NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 order order VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 63 from from ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 larder larder NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 cellar cellar VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 conj _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 68 strengthening strengthen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 71 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 refreshing refresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 68 conj _ _ 71 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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. - ← previous: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/107/) - ↑ back to [A Historical Tale., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74323/22/)