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title: Why is it funny when Toad cries «Supper's here at last, hooray!»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is it funny when Toad cries «Supper's here at last, hooray!»? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

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Why is it funny when Toad cries «Supper's here at last, hooray!»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Toad, Supper · **What happens:** be, cry · **To what, where:** last hooray · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t2:1
# text = Why is it funny when Toad cries «Supper's here at last, hooray!»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cries	cry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	hooray	hooray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Supper |  |  | last hooray |  | here *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and Mole had cried too for him

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t2:o1:1
# text = A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and Mole had cried too for him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	cried	cry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
25	too	too	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | past · progressive | a second |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | would | he |  |  |  | night | for his friends; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · perfect | Mole |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t2:o2:1
# text = A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | before *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | would | he |  |  |  | night | for his friends; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and then he forgot all about it at once

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t2:o3:1
# text = A second before, he was sobbing that he'd go out into the cold night for his friends, and then he forgot all about it at once
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	sobbing	sob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
25	all	all	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	about	about	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	24	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | past · progressive | a second |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | would | he |  |  |  | night | for his friends; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **forget** | past | he |  |  |  | then | about it | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the supper was served on silver plates and he had been planning it for weeks

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t2:o4:1
# text = Because the supper was served on silver plates and he had been planning it for weeks
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux	_	_
13	planning	plan	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past · passive |  | the supper |  | silver plates |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **plan** | past · perfect · progressive | he | supper |  |  | week |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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