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title: What would have happened if Toad had walked away without bargaining? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have happened if Toad had walked away without bargaining? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

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What would have happened if Toad had walked away without bargaining?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** happen, walk away, bargain

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t6:1
# text = What would have happened if Toad had walked away without bargaining?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	bargaining	bargain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk away** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Toad |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bargain** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He would have stayed hungry and penniless, with a stolen horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t6:o1:1
# text = He would have stayed hungry and penniless, with a stolen horse
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	penniless	penniless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would have stayed hungry and penniless, still carrying a stolen horse everywhere he went

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t6:o2:1
# text = He would have stayed hungry and penniless, still carrying a stolen horse everywhere he went
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	penniless	penniless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | He *not said here* | a stolen horse |  |  | still |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 3 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go** | past | horse |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would have stayed hungry with the horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t6:o3:1
# text = He would have stayed hungry with the horse.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | with the horse; hungry *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with horse=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would have been caught by the barge-woman.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t6:o4:1
# text = He would have been caught by the barge-woman.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | would · perfect · passive | the barge woman | He |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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