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title: Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.»… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.» (canny = very) Put it right. Test 2 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.» (canny = very) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** be, put · **To what, where:** island

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:1
# text = Jack from Newcastle: «the island was canny loud with birds singin'.»
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	compound	_	_
13	singin	singin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Jack from Newcastle |  |  |  |  | with birds singin; loud *property* | 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:* (canny = very) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:2
# text = (canny = very) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive |  | island |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches, where no bird sang at all that dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:o1:1
# text = There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches, where no bird sang at all that dawn
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
3	utter	utter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
18	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | no bird |  |  | all | dawn | sing *property* | tree rules |

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

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There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:o2:1
# text = There was utter silence in the bird-haunted branches
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	utter	utter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | utter silence |  |  | the haunted branches; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in branch=Location |
| 2 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The trees were full of birds that sang sweetly today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:o3:1
# text = The trees were full of birds that sang sweetly today
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	sweetly	sweetly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the trees |  |  |  |  | of birds; full *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | birds |  |  |  | today | sweetly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There was utter silence in all the bird-haunted branches of the wood and along the river bank

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t2:o4:1
# text = There was utter silence in all the bird-haunted branches of the wood and along the river bank
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	utter	utter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	along	along	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | utter silence |  |  | all haunted branches of the wood and the river bank; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in branch=Location |
| 2 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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