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title: Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans fo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans for months.» (lekker = nice) Put it right. Test 6 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

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Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans for months.» (lekker = nice) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sea Rat, lekker · **What happens:** sail, put · **To what, where:** oceans, Rat

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» 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/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans for months.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:1
# text = Thabo from Durban: «lekker, the Sea Rat sails right across oceans for months.»
1	Thabo	Thabo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Durban	Durban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lekker	lekker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** *in a quote* | present | the Sea Rat | oceans |  |  | month |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (lekker = nice) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:2
# text = (lekker = nice) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lekker	lekker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	4	punct	_	_
4	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | lekker | Rat |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's a deep-sea sailor, out of sight of land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:o1:1
# text = He's a deep-sea sailor, out of sight of land
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a sea sailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sails along the coast, close to shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:o2:1
# text = He sails along the coast, close to shore
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | present | He |  |  | the coast |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along coast=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He's in the coasting trade, rarely out of sight of land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:o3:1
# text = He's in the coasting trade, rarely out of sight of land
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coasting	coasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  | the coasting trade and sight of land |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sails oceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t6:o4:1
# text = He sails oceans
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | present | He | oceans |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Theme |

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