--- title: «It's like music — far away music.» Who says this, and about what? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: «It's like music — far away music.» Who says this, and about what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/t6/) [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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at… «It's like music — far away music.» Who says this, and about what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «It's like music — far away music.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:1 # text = «It's like music — far away music.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It | | | | | like music | 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:* Who says this, and about what? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:2 # text = Who says this, and about what? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Mole, about the wind in the reeds and the far-off song of the birds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:o1:1 # text = The Mole, about the wind in the reeds and the far-off song of the birds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 15 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Otter, about the distant bells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:o2:1 # text = The Otter, about the distant bells 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Rat, about the song in the willows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:o3:1 # text = The Rat, about the song in the willows 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 willows willow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Mole, about the wind in the reeds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t6:o4:1 # text = The Mole, about the wind in the reeds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 reeds reed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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