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title: Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, call, go · **To what, where:** river · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t6:1
# text = Why is the river called «faithful, steady-going»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the river |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle |  | the river *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It stays through every season, never moving house or going south, so the Rat can always find it

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t6:o1:1
# text = It stays through every season, never moving house or going south, so the Rat can always find it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
12	south	south	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	19	advmod	_	_
19	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | It |  |  |  | season |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **move** | gerund |  | house |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | south *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **find** | can | the Rat | house |  |  |  | always *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It never packs up or goes away for the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t6:o2:1
# text = It never packs up or goes away for the winter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	packs	pack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pack up** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go away** | present |  |  |  |  | winter | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It flows on all year, never packing up, and it is the one place the Rat calls home for good

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t6:o3:1
# text = It flows on all year, never packing up, and it is the one place the Rat calls home for good
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	packing	pack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | present | It |  |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pack up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | the one place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** | present | the Rat | the one place *not said here* |  |  |  | for good; home *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for good=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It keeps running all through the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:t6:o4:1
# text = It keeps running all through the year
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  | year | all *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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