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title: ★★★ The Mole's talk goes: harvest, then apples and nuts, then jams a… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Mole's talk goes: harvest, then apples and nuts, then jams and cordials, then midwinter. Why that order? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

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★★★ The Mole's talk goes: harvest, then apples and nuts, then jams and cordials, then midwinter. Why that order?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Mole · **What happens:** go, talk · **To what, where:** harvest

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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/60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Mole's talk goes: harvest, then apples and nuts, then jams and cordials, then midwinter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:1
# text = ★★★ The Mole's talk goes: harvest, then apples and nuts, then jams and cordials, then midwinter.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	jams	jam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	cordials	cordial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
23	midwinter	midwinter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | ★ | harvest and jams and cordials and midwinter |  |  |  | ★ the Mole's talk | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **talk** |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom talk «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why that order?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:2
# text = Why that order?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:o1:1
# text = It is random
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | random *property* | tree rules |

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

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It walks step by step from now towards cosy winter at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:o2:1
# text = It walks step by step from now towards cosy winter at home
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | It | step |  | home | winter | by step | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent step=Theme by step=Trajectory from now=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It starts with the harvest and ends with the sea and the ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:o3:1
# text = It starts with the harvest and ends with the sea and the ship
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | It |  |  |  |  | with the harvest | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with harvest=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **end** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the sea and the ship | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with sea=Subeventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t16:o4:1
# text = No reason
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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