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title: Looking back: what had Toad promised the engine-driver, though he ha… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what had Toad promised the engine-driver, though he had «never washed a shirt in his life»? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: what had Toad promised the engine-driver, though he had «never washed a shirt in his life»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, have, promise, not wash · **To what, where:** engine driver, shirt, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t10:1
# text = Looking back: what had Toad promised the engine-driver, though he had «never washed a shirt in his life»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | Toad |  | the engine driver |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent driver=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **wash** *in a quote* | past | Toad *not said here* | a shirt |  | Toad's life |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To wash his own clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t10:o1:1
# text = To wash his own clothes
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive |  | his own clothes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To fix his car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t10:o2:1
# text = To fix his car
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | his car |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To mend his old coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t10:o3:1
# text = To mend his old coat
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mend	mend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mend** | to-infinitive |  | his old coat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To wash some of his shirts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t10:o4:1
# text = To wash some of his shirts
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shirts	shirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | to-infinitive |  | some |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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