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The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 19

The King of the Gold Mines was quite overcome by the Princess’s good-natured way of taking his interference, and, throwing himself at her feet, he kissed her hand a thousand times and begged her to forgive him.

Who acts: good natured way, King · What happens: overcome, take, throw, kiss, beg, forgive · To what, where: King, interference, feet, hand, Princess

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good natured way, King), 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

detnsubj:passcasedetnmodapposaux:passadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseamodpunctamodoblmarkaclnmod:possobjpunctccpunctadvclobjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjdetnummodobl:unmarkedccconjobjmarkxcompobjpunctrootTheDETKingPROPNofADPtheDETGoldNOUNMinesPROPNwasAUXquiteADVovercomeVERBbyADPtheDETPrincessPROPN’sPARTgoodADJ-PUNCTnaturedADJwayNOUNofSCONJtakingVERBhisPRONinterferenceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTthrowingVERBhimselfPRONatADPherPRONfeetNOUN,PUNCThePRONkissedVERBherPRONhandNOUNaDETthousandNUMtimesNOUNandCCONJbeggedVERBherPRONtoPARTforgiveVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Kingdet
2KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing9 overcomensubj:pass
3ofofADP_5 Goldcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Golddet
5GoldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing2 Kingnmod
6MinesMinesPROPNNumber=Sing5 Goldappos
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 overcomeaux:pass
8quitequiteADV_9 overcomeadvmod
9overcomeovercomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
10bybyADP_17 waycase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Princessdet
12PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing17 waynmod:poss
13’s'sPART_12 Princesscase
14goodgoodADJDegree=Pos17 wayamod
15--PUNCT_14 goodpunct
16naturednaturedADJDegree=Pos17 wayamod
17waywayNOUNNumber=Sing9 overcomeobl
18ofofSCONJ_19 takingmark
19takingtakeVERBVerbForm=Ger17 wayacl
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 interferencenmod:poss
21interferenceinterferenceNOUNNumber=Sing19 takingobj
22,,PUNCT_32 kissedpunct
23andandCCONJ_32 kissedcc
24,,PUNCT_25 throwingpunct
25throwingthrowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part32 kissedadvcl
26himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes25 throwingobj
27atatADP_29 feetcase
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 feetnmod:poss
29feetfootNOUNNumber=Plur25 throwingobl
30,,PUNCT_25 throwingpunct
31hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs32 kissednsubj
32kissedkissVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 overcomeparataxis
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 handnmod:poss
34handhandNOUNNumber=Sing32 kissedobj
35aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art36 thousanddet
36thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card37 timesnummod
37timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur32 kissedobl:unmarked
38andandCCONJ_39 beggedcc
39beggedbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 kissedconj
40hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 beggedobj
41totoPART_42 forgivemark
42forgiveforgiveVERBVerbForm=Inf39 beggedxcomp
43himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs42 forgiveobj
44..PUNCT_9 overcomepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1overcomepast · passivethe Princess's good natured waythe King of the Goldvn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2takegerundthe Princess's good natured way not said hereKing's interferencevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interference=Theme
3throwgerundKing not said hereKingPrincess's feetvn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination
4kisspastKingPrincess's handtimevn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent
5beg speech: requestpastKing not said herePrincessvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
6forgive not said to happento-infinitiveKing not said hereKingvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7interfereKingnom interference «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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