--- title: Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah,… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah, get the boat out.» (fixin' to = about to) Put it right. Test 7 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/t7/) [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 VII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at… Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah, get the boat out.» (fixin' to = about to) Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tyler, Rat · **What happens:** fixin, sleep, say, get out, put · **To what, where:** boat, fixin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah, get the boat out.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:1 # text = Tyler from Alabama: «they were fixin' to sleep but the Rat said nah, get the boat out.» 1 Tyler Tyler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Alabama Alabama PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fixin fixin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 nah nah INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fixin** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Tyler from Alabama | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sleep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tyler from Alabama *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Rat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get out** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the boat | | | | | tree rules | 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:* (fixin' to = about to) Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:2 # text = (fixin' to = about to) Put it right. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 fixin fixin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 = = SYM SYM _ 9 punct _ _ 6 about about SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 9 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 right right ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | | fixin | | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was Otter who ordered the boat to be sent out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:o1:1 # text = It was Otter who ordered the boat to be sent out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | Otter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **order** | past | Otter | the boat | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent boat=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **send out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the boat *not said here* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was the Mole who said they should get the boat out, after the Rat had gone home to bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:o2:1 # text = It was the Mole who said they should get the boat out, after the Rat had gone home to bed 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 19 home home ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the Mole | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mole | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get out** | should | they | the boat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | the Rat | | | bed | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It was the Mole who said they should get the boat out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:o3:1 # text = It was the Mole who said they should get the boat out 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | the Mole | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Mole | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **get out** | should | they | the boat | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The Rat said they should get the boat out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t7:o4:1 # text = The Rat said they should get the boat out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Rat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get out** | should | they | the boat | | | | | tree rules | **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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