--- title: The good-natured fiddler bent down to pick it up, but in the twinkli… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The good-natured fiddler bent down to pick it up, but in the twinkling of an eye the little man had jumped on to his back, and beat him till he was black and blue all over his head and body. Who acts: little man, good natured fiddler, fiddler. 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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 (little man, good natured fiddler, fiddler), 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:pg7277:55:24 # text = The good-natured fiddler bent down to pick it up, but in the twinkling of an eye the little man had jumped on to his back, and beat him till he was black and blue all over his head and body. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fiddler fiddler NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 6 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 on on ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 beat beat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend down** | participle | | the good natured fiddler but the twinkling of a eye *not said here* | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | | piece | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | the little man | a eye *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **jump on** | past | the good natured fiddler but the twinkling of a eye | | | fiddler's head and body | | to fiddler's back *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to back=Result | | 5 | **beat** | infinitive | | fiddler | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | fiddler | | | | | black *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | fiddler *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/25/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)