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title: «Here to-day—in next week to-morrow!» What is Toad trying to say? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Here to-day—in next week to-morrow!» What is Toad trying to say? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…

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«Here to-day—in next week to-morrow!» What is Toad trying to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** try, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» 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/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Here to-day—in next week to-morrow!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:1
# text = «Here to-day—in next week to-morrow!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	morrow	morrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What is Toad trying to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:2
# text = What is Toad trying to say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present · progressive | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cars are fast, so trips take less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:o1:1
# text = Cars are fast, so trips take less
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	trips	trip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cars |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | trips | less |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent less=Theme |

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

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Cars are so fast you'd be days ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:o2:1
# text = Cars are so fast you'd be days ahead
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would · present | Cars | days |  |  |  | ahead, fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cars go so fast that you'd arrive at a place days before you ever left it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:o3:1
# text = Cars go so fast that you'd arrive at a place days before you ever left it
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Cars |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | would | you |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | past | you | it |  |  | ever |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cars are so fast that a journey of a week becomes a single afternoon's pleasant drive

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t3:o4:1
# text = Cars are so fast that a journey of a week becomes a single afternoon's pleasant drive
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Cars |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | a journey of a week | a single afternoon's pleasant drive |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **journey** |  |  | a week |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **drive** |  | a single afternoon |  |  |  |  |  | nom drive «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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