--- title: A fiddler was on his way to the revel when, all of a sudden, he sank… — Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Musc… · tree and pragmatics description: A fiddler was on his way to the revel when, all of a sudden, he sank into the earth--sank right through and tumbled into hell, lighting exactly there where the rich moujik was being tormented. Who acts: fiddler, all. 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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 (fiddler, all), 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:pg22373:52:8 # text = A fiddler was on his way to the revel when, all of a sudden, he sank into the earth--sank right through and tumbled into hell, lighting exactly there where the rich moujik was being tormented. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fiddler fiddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 revel revel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 right right ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 through through ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 tumbled tumble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 hell hell NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 lighting light VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 32 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 tormented torment VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a fiddler | | | moujik's way | | to the revel | tree rules | | 2 | **sink** | past | all | | | the earth | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **sink** | past | | | | | | through *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **tumble** | participle | | | | hell | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hell=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **light** | gerund | | | | there | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **torment** | past · passive | | the rich moujik | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:** «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/9/) - ↑ back to [Ghost Stories., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/52/)