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title: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad say about the cart right… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad say about the cart right after the crash? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad say about the cart right after the crash?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, say · **To what, where:** chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad say about the cart right after the crash?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	csubj	_	_
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	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	right	right	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Toad | chapter |  |  |  | about the cart | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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I've done with carts for ever, and I shall walk everywhere from now on

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t12:o1:1
# text = I've done with carts for ever, and I shall walk everywhere from now on
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADV	RB	_	15	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | with carts | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | shall | I |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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«I've done with carts for ever»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t12:o2:1
# text = «I've done with carts for ever»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | with carts | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I've finished with carts, truly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t12:o3:1
# text = I've finished with carts, truly
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | with carts; truly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with cart=Subeventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I've done with carts for ever, and motor-cars are simply the only way to travel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t12:o4:1
# text = I've done with carts for ever, and motor-cars are simply the only way to travel
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
10	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | with carts | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | motor cars | the only way |  |  |  | simply *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **travel** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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