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title: Which shows Toad's mood swings best in this part? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which shows Toad's mood swings best in this part? Test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

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Which shows Toad's mood swings best in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mood · **What happens:** show, swing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t14:1
# text = Which shows Toad's mood swings best in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swings	swing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **swing** | present | Toad's mood |  |  |  |  | in this part; well *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in part=Attribute |

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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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Proud song, then sudden terror, then joy at the river, then a long sleep, then a splash and a fright

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t14:o1:1
# text = Proud song, then sudden terror, then joy at the river, then a long sleep, then a splash and a fright
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then a long swim and a second splash in the river

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t14:o2:1
# text = Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then a long swim and a second splash in the river
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	swim	swim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	amod	_	_
24	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Proud song and a long swim in the river and a second splash | a ass |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then splash

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t14:o3:1
# text = Proud song, then terror, then «what an ass I am!», then splash
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	splash	splash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Proud song | a ass |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **splash** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Silence, then rage, then a long walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t14:o4:1
# text = Silence, then rage, then a long walk
1	Silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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