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title: ★★★ «Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road!» Who… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road!» Who is in the wrong, as we'd see it today? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

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★★★ «Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road!» Who is in the wrong, as we'd see it today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** privilege, we · **What happens:** pass, be, see · **To what, where:** privilege

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This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:1
# text = ★★★ «Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road!»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** *in a quote* | gerund | the privilege *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the private road | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by road=Location |

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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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*Sentence 2:* Who is in the wrong, as we'd see it today?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:2
# text = Who is in the wrong, as we'd see it today?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | would | we | privilege |  |  | today |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The rabbit, because the road belongs to everyone who walks it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:o1:1
# text = The rabbit, because the road belongs to everyone who walks it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | the rabbit |  |  |  |  | to everyone | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | present |  | road |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both a bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:o2:1
# text = Both a bit
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc:preconj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rabbit alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:o3:1
# text = Rabbit alone
1	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Mole only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t16:o4:1
# text = The Mole only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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