The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 54

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.

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

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.

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wrath	det
2	wrath	wrath	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feared	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrath	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 feared	cop
8	generally	generally	ADV	_	11 feared	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	11 feared	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 feared	aux:pass
11	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 resolved	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	19 resolved	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Fowler	det
15	Fowler	fowler	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 resolved	nsubj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wife	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 wife	nmod:poss
18	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Fowler	conj
19	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 feared	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 send	mark
21	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 resolved	xcomp
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 children	nmod:poss
23	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 send	obj
24	out	out	ADP	_	28 way	case
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 way	case
26	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 way	nmod:poss
27	’s	's	PART	_	26 harm	case
28	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 send	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 confided	punct
30	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 confided	cc
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 wife	det
32	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 confided	nsubj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 console	punct
34	to	to	PART	_	35 console	mark
35	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 wife	conj
36	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 husband	nmod:poss
37	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 console	appos
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 wife	punct
39	confided	confide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 feared	conj
40	to	to	ADP	_	41 him	case
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 confided	obl
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	46 given	mark
43	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 given	nsubj
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 given	aux
45	purposely	purposely	ADV	_	46 given	advmod
46	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	39 confided	advcl
47	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 given	obj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 head	det
49	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 given	obj
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 heart	cc
51	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 head	conj
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 bird	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 bird	det
54	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 head	nmod
55	because	because	SCONJ	_	59 able	mark
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 able	nsubj
57	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 able	aux
58	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	59 able	cop
59	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 given	advcl
60	to	to	PART	_	61 read	mark
61	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 able	xcomp
62	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	64 written	nsubj:pass
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 written	aux:pass
64	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	61 read	ccomp
65	under	under	ADP	_	67 wings	case
66	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	67 wings	nmod:poss
67	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 written	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 feared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	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

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.

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