using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using YamlDotNet.Serialization;

using YamlDotNet.Core;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var yaml = @"

anchor: &default

  key1: &myValue value1

  key2: value2

alias:

  <<: *default

  key2: Overriding key2

  key3: value3

";

        var reader = new EventReader(new MergingParser(new Parser(new StringReader(yaml))));

        var deserializer = new Deserializer();

        var result = deserializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>(reader);

        var alias = result["alias"];

        Console.WriteLine("key1 = {0}", alias["key1"]);

        Console.WriteLine("key2 = {0}", alias["key2"]);

    }

}