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title: «The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.» (sweet as =… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.» (sweet as = fine) Put it right. Test 1 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

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«The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.» (sweet as = fine) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sea Rat, you · **What happens:** work off, put · **To what, where:** paws, sailor

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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/59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:1
# text = «The Sea Rat works his paws off as a sailor, sweet as.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work off** *in a quote* | present | the Sea Rat | Rat's paws |  |  |  | as a sailor | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent paw=Material |

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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:* (sweet as = fine) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:2
# text = (sweet as = fine) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | sailor |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He sleeps all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:o1:1
# text = He sleeps all day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | He |  |  |  | day |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He winks: he rides in the captain's cabin; the crew work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:o2:1
# text = He winks: he rides in the captain's cabin; the crew work
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	winks	wink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wink** | present | He | crew work |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ride** | present | he |  |  | the captain's cabin |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is a sailor who works hard on deck for his pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:o3:1
# text = He is a sailor who works hard on deck for his pay
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a sailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | a sailor |  |  |  |  | for his pay; on deck; hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.theme PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent on deck=Theme for pay=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **pay** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is a sailor who never rests while the crew sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t1:o4:1
# text = He is a sailor who never rests while the crew sleep
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a sailor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **rest** | present | a sailor |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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