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title: Looking back: in chapter II, the Mole whispered an offer to the home… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter II, the Mole whispered an offer to the homesick Rat. What was it? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

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Looking back: in chapter II, the Mole whispered an offer to the homesick Rat. What was it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, whisper, be · **To what, where:** offer, homesick Rat

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home)» 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/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter II, the Mole whispered an offer to the homesick Rat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, the Mole whispered an offer to the homesick Rat.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	homesick	homesick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the Mole | a offer | the homesick Rat |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offer=Topic to rat=Recipient |

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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:* What was it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:2
# text = What was it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | offer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To run away very early and go back to the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:o1:1
# text = To run away very early and go back to the river
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away, early *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the river *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to river=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To sneak off at dawn and take the Rat's boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:o2:1
# text = To sneak off at dawn and take the Rat's boat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak off** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive |  | the Rat's boat |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To slip out before breakfast, row the boat to the river, and never come back to the caravan

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:o3:1
# text = To slip out before breakfast, row the boat to the river, and never come back to the caravan
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	slip	slip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	row	row	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | before breakfast |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **row** | infinitive |  | the boat |  | the river |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boat=Theme to river=Trajectory |
| 3 | **not** **come back** | infinitive |  |  |  | the caravan |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to caravan=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To wake early and walk to the river alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t9:o4:1
# text = To wake early and walk to the river alone
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wake	wake	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the river *result*; alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to river=Result |

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