--- title: «You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’»… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: «You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» What is Toad trying to do to the Rat? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/t4/) [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/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the… «You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» What is Toad trying to do to the Rat? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, I, Toad · **What happens:** say, notice, try, do · **To what, where:** yourself · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:1 # text = «You may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 O o INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 noticed notice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 17 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | may · progressive | You | | yourself | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to yourself=Recipient | | 2 | **notice** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is Toad trying to do to the Rat? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:2 # text = What is Toad trying to do to the Rat? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | present · progressive | Toad | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | to the Rat | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Make him feel guilty for not noticing so that he'll leave Toad to his plan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:o1:1 # text = Make him feel guilty for not noticing so that he'll leave Toad to his plan 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | guilty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **notice** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **leave** | future | he | Toad | Toad's plan | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent toad=Theme to plan=Recipient | | 5 | **plan** | | Toad | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Get the Rat to fetch the doctor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:o2:1 # text = Get the Rat to fetch the doctor 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Rat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | the doctor | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Make him feel guilty so he'll go ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:o3:1 # text = Make him feel guilty so he'll go 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | guilty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | future | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Make the Rat feel sorry for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t4:o4:1 # text = Make the Rat feel sorry for him 1 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Rat | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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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