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title: Looking back: in the second part of this chapter, Toad promised: «th… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in the second part of this chapter, Toad promised: «the very first motor-car I see…» what? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: in the second part of this chapter, Toad promised: «the very first motor-car I see…» what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, promise, see · **To what, where:** first motor car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 48 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)» 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/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:1
# text = Looking back: in the second part of this chapter, Toad promised: «the very first motor-car I see…» what?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
19	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the second part of this chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Toad | the first motor car |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«…I shall ride it home!»

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*Sentence 1:* «…

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o1:1
# text = «…
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* I shall ride it home!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o1:2
# text = I shall ride it home!»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | shall | I | it |  |  |  | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«…poop-poop! off I go in it!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o2:1
# text = «…poop-poop! off I go in it!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	…	…	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
7	off	off	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | poop |  | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«…poop-poop! off I go in it at once, and never mind the consequences!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o3:1
# text = «…poop-poop! off I go in it at once, and never mind the consequences!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	…	…	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
7	off	off	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | poop |  | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location |
| 2 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | the consequences |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«…I shall certainly steal it!»

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «…

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o4:1
# text = «…
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* I shall certainly steal it!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon:t7:o4:2
# text = I shall certainly steal it!»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	steal	steal	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | shall | I | it |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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