--- title: Why did Toad snigger at the story of his friends being beaten and tu… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Toad snigger at the story of his friends being beaten and turned out? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer… Why did Toad snigger at the story of his friends being beaten and turned out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** snigger, beat, turn out · **To what, where:** story, friends This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t2:1 # text = Why did Toad snigger at the story of his friends being beaten and turned out? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 snigger snigger VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snigger** | past · do-support | Toad | | | the story of Toad's friends | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beat** | gerund · passive | | Toad's friends *not said here* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V» | | 3 | **turn out** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} He was simply too tired to care about what had happened to his friends that night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t2:o1:1 # text = He was simply too tired to care about what had happened to his friends that night 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 simply simply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 about about SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | simply, tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **care** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | to his friends that night | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was happy at their trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t2:o2:1 # text = He was happy at their trouble 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | their trouble | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **trouble** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was thoughtless and unfeeling — not a kind reaction ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t2:o3:1 # text = He was thoughtless and unfeeling — not a kind reaction 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 thoughtless thoughtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 unfeeling unfeeling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 reaction reaction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | thoughtless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was thoughtless and unfeeling, showing no kindness towards friends who had been beaten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t2:o4:1 # text = He was thoughtless and unfeeling, showing no kindness towards friends who had been beaten 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 thoughtless thoughtless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 unfeeling unfeeling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 showing show VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 towards towards ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | thoughtless *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **show** | gerund | He *not said here* | no kindness | | | | towards friends | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Patient towards friend=Recipient | | 4 | **beat** | past · perfect · passive | | friends | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | **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. 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