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title: But this year passed also, and she threw herself at her father’s fee… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: 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
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Three Dogs, sentence 41

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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.

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**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

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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.

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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:pg7277:56:41
# text = 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.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’s	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	piteously	piteously	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
23	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	advmod	_	_
24	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	yielded	yield	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	much	much	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	’s	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
51	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	deliverer	deliverer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
54	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	ccomp	_	_
56	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	62	amod	_	_
62	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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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 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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