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title: wrath — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wrath» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Very great anger; (as adjective) very angry. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wrath

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**Who acts:** you, Tsar, I, wives · **What happens:** turn, repent, be, kill · **To what, where:** fierce wrath, wrath, you, widows

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«wrath» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [wrath in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wrath.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Very great anger; (as adjective) very angry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wrath:m1:1
# text = Very great anger; (as adjective) very angry.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.

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From Torah EXO.32.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wrath:x1:1
# text = Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against Thy people.
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	repent	repent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | Thy fierce wrath |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from wrath=Trajectory |
| 2 | **repent** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of this evil against Thy people | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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And the Tsar was very wrath.

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wrath:x2:1
# text = And the Tsar was very wrath.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Tsar | wrath |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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From Torah EXO.22.24, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wrath:x3:1
# text = My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
19	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
21	widows	widow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	fatherless	fatherless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | future | I | you |  |  |  | with the sword | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with sword=Instrument |
| 2 | **is a** | shall | your wives | widows |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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