The Green Fairy Book, The Three Dogs, sentence 41

But this year passed also, and she threw herself at her father’s feet, and begged so piteously for one more year that the King’s heart was melted, and he yielded to her request, much to the Princess’s joy, for she knew that her real deliverer would appear at the end of the third year.

Who acts: year, Princess, King, real deliverer · What happens: pass, throw, beg, melt, yield, know · To what, where: Princess, feet, heart, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dogs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (year, Princess, King, real deliverer), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 passed	cc
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 year	det
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	nsubj
4	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	also	also	ADV	_	4 passed	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 threw	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 threw	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 threw	nsubj
9	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	conj
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 threw	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	15 feet	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 father	nmod:poss
13	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feet	nmod:poss
14	’s	's	PART	_	13 father	case
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 threw	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 begged	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 begged	cc
18	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	conj
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 piteously	advmod
20	piteously	piteously	ADV	_	18 begged	advmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	24 year	case
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 year	nummod
23	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 year	advmod
24	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 begged	obl:unmarked
25	that	that	SCONJ	_	31 melted	mark
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 King	det
27	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 heart	nmod:poss
28	’s	's	PART	_	27 King	case
29	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 melted	nsubj:pass
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 melted	aux:pass
31	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 year	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 yielded	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 yielded	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 yielded	nsubj
35	yielded	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 begged	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	38 request	case
37	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	38 request	nmod:poss
38	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 yielded	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 joy	punct
40	much	much	ADV	_	45 joy	advmod
41	to	to	ADP	_	45 joy	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 Princess	det
43	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 joy	nmod:poss
44	’s	's	PART	_	43 Princess	case
45	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 yielded	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 knew	punct
47	for	for	SCONJ	_	49 knew	mark
48	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 knew	nsubj
49	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 yielded	conj
50	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 appear	mark
51	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 deliverer	nmod:poss
52	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 deliverer	amod
53	deliverer	deliverer	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 appear	nsubj
54	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 appear	aux
55	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	49 knew	ccomp
56	at	at	ADP	_	58 end	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 end	det
58	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 appear	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	62 year	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 year	det
61	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	62 year	amod
62	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 end	nmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 passed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past	this year					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	throw	past	Princess	Princess	Princess's father's feet			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination
3	beg speech: request	past	this year not said here			year	piteously property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent
4	melt	past · passive		the King's heart				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
5	yield	past	King				to Princess's request; to the Princess's joy	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
6	know	past	Princess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7	appear	would	Princess's real deliverer			at the end of the third year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location
8	request		Princess					nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent
9	joy		the Princess					nom joy «feeling transitive»: 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 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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