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title: Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.» Why does he say it? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.» Why does he say it? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

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Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.» Why does he say it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, Noticing · **What happens:** say, notice, be · **To what, where:** things, trouble · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:1
# text = Toad says, «Noticing things is only a trouble.»
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **notice** *in a quote* | gerund |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Noticing | a trouble |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why does he say it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:2
# text = Why does he say it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Toad | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To make the Rat feel guilty too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:o1:1
# text = To make the Rat feel guilty too
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Rat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rat=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | guilty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To blame the Rat for his own illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:o2:1
# text = To blame the Rat for his own illness
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	blame	blame	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | to-infinitive |  | the Rat |  |  |  | for his own illness | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent rat=Theme for illness=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:o3:1
# text = To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **notice** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing, while he himself keeps the clever plan hidden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t5:o4:1
# text = To make the Rat feel bad for not noticing, while he himself keeps the clever plan hidden
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	12	nmod:unmarked	_	_
14	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **not** **notice** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **keep** | present | he | the clever plan |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme |
| 5 | **hide** | participle |  | the clever plan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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