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title: ‘In the morning when he stands at the gates of paradise he is happy,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘In the morning when he stands at the gates of paradise he is happy, and smiles on the whole world, but during the day he gets cross, because he sees all the evil deeds of men, and that is why his heat becomes so scorching; but in the evening he is both sad and angry, for he stands at the gates of d
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Enchanted Pig, sentence 142

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‘In the morning when he stands at the gates of paradise he is happy, and smiles on the whole world, but during the day he gets cross, because he sees all the evil deeds of men, and that is why his heat becomes so scorching; but in the evening he is both sad and angry, for he stands at the gates of death; that is his usual course.

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**Who acts:** Sun, that, heat · **What happens:** stand, be, smile, get, see, become · **To what, where:** gates, paradise, whole world, evil deeds, usual course

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sun, that, heat), 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:pg540:12:142
# text = ‘In the morning when he stands at the gates of paradise he is happy, and smiles on the whole world, but during the day he gets cross, because he sees all the evil deeds of men, and that is why his heat becomes so scorching; but in the evening he is both sad and angry, for he stands at the gates of death; that is his usual course.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	during	during	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
30	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
35	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	38	det:predet	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	45	nsubj	_	_
44	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
45	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	34	conj	_	_
46	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
48	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl:relcl	_	_
49	so	so	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	scorching	scorch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	48	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
52	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
58	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc:preconj	_	_
59	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
63	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
65	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	conj	_	_
66	at	at	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	76	punct	_	_
72	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	76	nsubj	_	_
73	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	76	nmod:poss	_	_
75	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Sun |  |  | the gates of paradise | morning |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Sun | paradise *not said here* |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **smile** | present | Sun *not said here* |  |  | the whole world |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get** | present | Sun |  |  |  | day | cross *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **see** | present | Sun | all evil deeds of men |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deed=Stimulus |
| 6 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **become** | present | Sun's heat |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **scorch** | gerund | Sun's heat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **is** | present | Sun |  |  |  | evening | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **be** |  | Sun *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **stand** | present | Sun |  |  | the gates of death |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location |
| 12 | **is a** | present | that | Sun's usual course |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 13 | **heat** |  | Sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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