--- title: Consequently, the Fowler’s son, who spent with reckless profusion an… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Consequently, the Fowler’s son, who spent with reckless profusion and was supposed to be possessed of a great hoard of gold, was before very long attacked by robbers, and in trying to defend himself was so badly wounded that he died. Who acts: son, robbers, Fowler. 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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 (son, robbers, Fowler), 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:pg7277:9:59 # text = Consequently, the Fowler’s son, who spent with reckless profusion and was supposed to be possessed of a great hoard of gold, was before very long attacked by robbers, and in trying to defend himself was so badly wounded that he died. 1 Consequently consequently ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fowler fowler NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 reckless reckless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 profusion profusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 hoard hoard NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 27 before before ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 30 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 wounded wound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | the Fowler's son | | | | | with reckless profusion | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **suppose** | past · passive | the Fowler's son *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | to-infinitive · passive | the Fowler's son *not said here* | | | | | of a great hoard of gold | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **attack** | past · passive | robbers | the Fowler's son | | | | long *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **defend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Fowler | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | | 7 | **is** | past | robbers *not said here* | | | | | badly, wound *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **die** | past | Fowler | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **hoard** | | | gold | | | | | nom hoard «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/60/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)