--- title: Suddenly the day becomes darkened, the palace quivers, and Vikhor ar… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly the day becomes darkened, the palace quivers, and Vikhor arrives; stamping on the ground, he becomes a noble gallant, who enters the palace, "holding in his hands a battle mace." Who acts: day, palace, Vikhor, noble gallant. 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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 (day, palace, Vikhor, noble gallant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg22373:42:112 # text = Suddenly the day becomes darkened, the palace quivers, and Vikhor arrives; stamping on the ground, he becomes a noble gallant, who enters the palace, "holding in his hands a battle mace." 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 darkened darken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 quivers quiver VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 stamping stamp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 gallant gallant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 enters enter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 mace mace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | the day | | | | | suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **darken** | participle | the day *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **quiver** | present | the palace | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **arrive** | present | Vikhor | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stamp** | gerund | the day *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ground=Destination | | 6 | **become** | present | Vikhor | a noble gallant | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **enter** | present | a noble gallant | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | gerund | Vikhor *not said here* | a battle mace | | Vikhor's hands | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mace=Theme in hand=Location | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/113/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/42/)