--- title: Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said his motto in life was what? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said his motto in life was what? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the… Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said his motto in life was what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, motto · **What happens:** look back, say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t12:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said his motto in life was what? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 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 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 motto motto NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Toad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | Toad's motto in life | | | | | | tree rules | 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} «Live free!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t12:o1:1 # text = «Live free!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «Live for pleasure!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t12:o2:1 # text = «Live for pleasure!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for pleasure | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «Live for others!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t12:o3:1 # text = «Live for others!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for others | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Enjoy yourself!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t12:o4:1 # text = «Enjoy yourself!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Enjoy enjoy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | yourself | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus | **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. 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