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title: His joy at beholding her again was, however, somewhat lessened by se… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: His joy at beholding her again was, however, somewhat lessened by seeing that the Prince of the Air was kneeling at her feet, and pleading his own cause. Who acts: joy, Prince, fourth. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3, with its dependency tree and
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3, sentence 49

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His joy at beholding her again was, however, somewhat lessened by seeing that the Prince of the Air was kneeling at her feet, and pleading his own cause.

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**Who acts:** joy, Prince, fourth · **What happens:** behold, be, see, kneel, plead, joy · **To what, where:** Rosalie, joy, feet, own cause

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (joy, Prince, fourth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:16:49
# text = His joy at beholding her again was, however, somewhat lessened by seeing that the Prince of the Air was kneeling at her feet, and pleading his own cause.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	beholding	behold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	however	however	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	lessened	lessen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	kneeling	kneel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	pleading	plead	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behold** | gerund | fourth's joy *not said here* | Rosalie |  |  | again |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past · passive |  | fourth's joy |  |  |  | however, lessen, somewhat *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **kneel** | past · progressive | the Prince of the Air |  |  | Rosalie's feet |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location |
| 5 | **plead** *speech: request* | gerund |  | fourth's own cause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **joy** |  | fourth |  |  |  |  |  | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **cause** |  | fourth |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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