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title: Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home. How are Toad's tears different? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 t
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home. How are Toad's tears different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, tears · **What happens:** look back, cry, be · **To what, where:** real tears

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter V, the Mole cried real tears about his home.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter V | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Mole | real tears |  |  |  | about Mole's home | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How are Toad's tears different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:2
# text = How are Toad's tears different?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Toad's tears |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:o1:1
# text = Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Toad's tears and weak voice | a act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | Toad's way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Toad cries about his motor-car accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:o2:1
# text = Toad cries about his motor-car accident
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cries	cry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
5	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | about Toad's car accident | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about accident=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way, and the Mole's were real because he missed home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:o3:1
# text = Toad's tears and weak voice are an act to get his way, and the Mole's were real because he missed home
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
21	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
24	home	home	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Toad's tears and weak voice | a act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | Toad's way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | past | the Mole |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **miss** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toad's tears are real, like the Mole's were

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t9:o4:1
# text = Toad's tears are real, like the Mole's were
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Toad's tears |  |  |  |  | like the Mole; real *property* | tree rules |

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