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title: Why does the fox call Toad «washerwoman»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the fox call Toad «washerwoman»? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

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Why does the fox call Toad «washerwoman»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** fox call

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t7:1
# text = Why does the fox call Toad «washerwoman»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the fox call |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Toad is still in the washerwoman's gown and bonnet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t7:o1:1
# text = Toad is still in the washerwoman's gown and bonnet
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Toad |  |  | the washerwoman's gown and bonnet | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because Toad disguised himself as a washerwoman to escape, and still wears her gown and bonnet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t7:o2:1
# text = Because Toad disguised himself as a washerwoman to escape, and still wears her gown and bonnet
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | past | Toad | Toad |  |  |  | as a washerwoman | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wear** | present | Toad *not said here* | her gown and bonnet |  |  | still |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gown=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because Toad's voice sounds like a woman's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t7:o3:1
# text = Because Toad's voice sounds like a woman's
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | Toad's voice |  |  |  |  | like a woman | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Toad has been stopped by a washerwoman who thinks he owes her money for linen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t7:o4:1
# text = Because Toad has been stopped by a washerwoman who thinks he owes her money for linen
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	owes	owe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · perfect · passive | a washerwoman | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **owe** | present | Toad | her money |  |  |  | for linen *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent money=Theme for linen=Goal |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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