--- title: What might have happened if the animals had kept the whole memory? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: What might have happened if the animals had kept the whole memory? Test 7 · ★ 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/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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at… What might have happened if the animals had kept the whole memory? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** animals This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t7:1 # text = What might have happened if the animals had kept the whole memory? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | might · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the animals | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme memory=Attribute | 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 {#o1} They might never sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t7:o1:1 # text = They might never sleep 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sleep** | might | They | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Their boat might sink in the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t7:o2:1 # text = Their boat might sink in the stream 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | might | Their boat | | | the stream | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The huge memory might overshadow all their play and happiness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t7:o3:1 # text = The huge memory might overshadow all their play and happiness 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 overshadow overshadow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overshadow** | might | the huge memory | their play and happiness | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent play=Patient | | 2 | **play** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They would never leave the island and live in peace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t7:o4:1 # text = They would never leave the island and live in peace 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | would | They | the island | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | They *not said here* | | | peace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | **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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