--- title: The King of the Gold Mines was quite overcome by the Princess’s good… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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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 (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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:6:19 # text = 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. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 Mines Mines PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 interference interference NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past · passive | the Princess's good natured way | the King of the Gold | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme | | 2 | **take** | gerund | the Princess's good natured way *not said here* | King's interference | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interference=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | King *not said here* | King | | Princess's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 4 | **kiss** | past | King | Princess's hand | | | time | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | King *not said here* | | Princess | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **forgive** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **interfere** | | King | | | | | | nom 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. - ← previous: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/20/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)