--- title: ★★★ «A long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that.»… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «A long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that.» Why might he be desperate before saying «No»? Test 17 · ★★★ 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, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/t17/) [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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'… ★★★ «A long, long pause. Toad looked desperately this way and that.» Why might he be desperate before saying «No»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look, be, say · **To what, where:** way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★★★ 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/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «A long, long pause. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:1 # text = ★★★ «A long, long pause. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 pause pause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Toad looked desperately this way and that.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:2 # text = Toad looked desperately this way and that.» 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 desperately desperately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Toad | this way | | | | desperately *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* Why might he be desperate before saying «No»? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:3 # text = Why might he be desperate before saying «No»? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | might | Toad | | | | | desperate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He's deciding whether to lie again or tell the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:o1:1 # text = He's deciding whether to lie again or tell the truth 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 deciding decide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lie** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | He *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He's thinking about running away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:o2:1 # text = He's thinking about running away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run away** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's trying to work out whether the Rat or the Badger will be angrier if he says no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:o3:1 # text = He's trying to work out whether the Rat or the Badger will be angrier if he says no 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 angrier angry ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 advcl _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 18 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | He | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | future | the Rat or the Badger | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Badger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He's worried whether the Badger will punish him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t17:o4:1 # text = He's worried whether the Badger will punish him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Badger badger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | worried *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **punish** | future | the Badger | him *= he* | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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