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title: What would the Sea Rat probably do if the Rat invited him indoors to… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would the Sea Rat probably do if the Rat invited him indoors to his cosy parlour? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

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What would the Sea Rat probably do if the Rat invited him indoors to his cosy parlour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** do, invite · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t7:1
# text = What would the Sea Rat probably do if the Rat invited him indoors to his cosy parlour?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	invited	invite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	parlour	parlour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **invite** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Rat |  | him *= he* |  |  | to Rat's cosy parlour; indoors *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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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Sing a sea shanty loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t7:o1:1
# text = Sing a sea shanty loudly
1	Sing	sing	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shanty	shanty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | a sea shanty |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shanty=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Refuse at once and sail straight back to the sea before the tide turns and the wind changes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t7:o2:1
# text = Refuse at once and sail straight back to the sea before the tide turns and the wind changes
1	Refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | infinitive | Refuse |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=Trajectory |
| 2 | **turn** | present | the tide |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **change** | present | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Fall asleep within minutes, he says

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t7:o3:1
# text = Fall asleep within minutes, he says
1	Fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He would say no and sail away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t7:o4:1
# text = He would say no and sail away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sail away** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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