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title: Looking back: who said in chapter VI, «It's for your own good, Toady… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: who said in chapter VI, «It's for your own good, Toady, you know» as Toad was hauled upstairs? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

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Looking back: who said in chapter VI, «It's for your own good, Toady, you know» as Toad was hauled upstairs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter, you · **What happens:** look back, say, be, know, haul · **To what, where:** chapter, Toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t12:1
# text = Looking back: who said in chapter VI, «It's for your own good, Toady, you know» as Toad was hauled upstairs?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	Toady	Toady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
23	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	hauled	haul	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	ccomp	_	_
27	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  | chapter |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in chapter=Manner |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | chapter |  |  |  |  | Toady *vocative*; good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **haul** | past · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  | upstairs *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The gaoler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t12:o1:1
# text = The gaoler
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t12:o2:1
# text = The Rat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Badger, who had warned Toad about this very thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t12:o3:1
# text = The Badger, who had warned Toad about this very thing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
7	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect | the Badger |  | Toad |  |  | about this thing | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient about thing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t12:o4:1
# text = The Badger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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