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title: What would happen if Badger tried to save Toad in midwinter, against… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Badger tried to save Toad in midwinter, against animal-etiquette? Test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b…

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What would happen if Badger tried to save Toad in midwinter, against animal-etiquette?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger · **What happens:** happen, try, save · **To what, where:** animal etiquette, Toad, midwinter

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This is test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t15:1
# text = What would happen if Badger tried to save Toad in midwinter, against animal-etiquette?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	midwinter	midwinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	etiquette	etiquette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  | animal etiquette |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against etiquette=Location |
| 2 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **save** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Badger *not said here* | Toad |  | midwinter |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

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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}

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Toad would refuse, and the others would laugh at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t15:o1:1
# text = Toad would refuse, and the others would laugh at him
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | would | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh** | would | the others |  |  |  |  | at Toad | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The hedgehogs would be late for school again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t15:o2:1
# text = The hedgehogs would be late for school again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | the hedgehogs |  |  |  | again | for school; late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Everyone is sleepy and snowed in, so it would be hard and odd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t15:o3:1
# text = Everyone is sleepy and snowed in, so it would be hard and odd
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	snowed	snow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **snow in** | participle | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 3 | **is** | would | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | Everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nobody would mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t15:o4:1
# text = Nobody would mind
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mind** | would | Nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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