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title: What would happen to the Badger if a flood came? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to the Badger if a flood came? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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What would happen to the Badger if a flood came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flood · **What happens:** happen, come

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t13:1
# text = What would happen to the Badger if a flood came?
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to the Badger | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a flood |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He would sleep through it all soundly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t13:o1:1
# text = He would sleep through it all soundly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
7	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | would | He |  |  | it |  | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would have to leave his home and move into hired lodgings for months and months.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t13:o2:1
# text = He would have to leave his home and move into hired lodgings for months and months.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	hired	hire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	lodgings	lodging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his home |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |
| 3 | **move** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | hired lodgings for months and months |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into lodging=Trajectory |
| 4 | **hire** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would be fine, just a little wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t13:o3:1
# text = He would be fine, just a little wet
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	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | He |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not much — he could stop up a hole or dig a new room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t13:o4:1
# text = Not much — he could stop up a hole or dig a new room
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop up** | could | he | a hole |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hole=Destination |
| 2 | **dig** | infinitive | he *not said here* | a new room |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

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