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title: What would have happened if the Mole had stayed on the path? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if the Mole had stayed on the path? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would have happened if the Mole had stayed on the path?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** happen, stay · **To what, where:** path

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» 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/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:t7:1
# text = What would have happened if the Mole had stayed on the path?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the Mole |  |  | the path |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on path=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd have been caught by the faces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:t7:o1:1
# text = He'd have been caught by the faces
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would · perfect · passive | the faces | He |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd still have been near the holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:t7:o2:1
# text = He'd still have been near the holes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would · perfect | He |  |  | the holes | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He'd have kept near the holes, which were the very things he was trying to get away from

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:t7:o3:1
# text = He'd have kept near the holes, which were the very things he was trying to get away from
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would · perfect · passive |  | He |  | the holes and the things |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme near hole=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the holes and the things | the things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | past · progressive | he | the things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would have had to walk through the whole Wild Wood again to find the path home

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:t7:o4:1
# text = He would have had to walk through the whole Wild Wood again to find the path home
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  | the whole Wild Wood | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the path |  |  |  | home *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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