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title: The wrath of a rich man is generally to be feared, so the Fowler and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The wrath of a rich man is generally to be feared, so the Fowler and his wife resolved to send their children out of harm’s way; but the wife, to console her husband, confided to him that she had purposely given them the head and heart of the bird because she had been able to read what was written u
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# The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 54

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The wrath of a rich man is generally to be feared, so the Fowler and his wife resolved to send their children out of harm’s way; but the wife, to console her husband, confided to him that she had purposely given them the head and heart of the bird because she had been able to read what was written under its wings.

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**Who acts:** Fowler, wife · **What happens:** be, resolve, send, confide, give, read · **To what, where:** wrath, children, way, Fowler, wings

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fowler, wife), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:9:54
# text = The wrath of a rich man is generally to be feared, so the Fowler and his wife resolved to send their children out of harm’s way; but the wife, to console her husband, confided to him that she had purposely given them the head and heart of the bird because she had been able to read what was written under its wings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	feared	fear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	out	out	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
39	confided	confide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
43	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
44	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
45	purposely	purposely	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	advcl	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
55	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
56	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	59	cop	_	_
59	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	advcl	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	xcomp	_	_
62	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	64	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	aux:pass	_	_
64	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	ccomp	_	_
65	under	under	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present · passive |  | the wrath of a rich man |  |  |  | fear, generally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **resolve** | past | the Fowler and Fowler's wife |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** | to-infinitive | the Fowler and Fowler's wife *not said here* | men's children |  | harm's way |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent child=Theme out way=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **confide** *speech: other* | past | the wife and console |  | Fowler |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 5 | **give** | past · perfect | wife | children *= child* |  |  |  | purposely *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient head=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past · perfect | wife |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **read** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **write** | past · passive |  |  |  | head's wings |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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