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title: Nell, nesh (feels the cold): «why was Toad shivering, scared or cold… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nell, nesh (feels the cold): «why was Toad shivering, scared or cold?» What does the book say? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

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Nell, nesh (feels the cold): «why was Toad shivering, scared or cold?» What does the book say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nell nesh, book · **What happens:** feel, shiver, say · **To what, where:** cold · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nell, nesh (feels the cold): «why was Toad shivering, scared or cold?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:1
# text = Nell, nesh (feels the cold): «why was Toad shivering, scared or cold?»
1	Nell	Nell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	nesh	nesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shivering	shiver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Nell nesh *not said here* | the cold |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |
| 2 | **shiver** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Nell nesh |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the book say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:2
# text = What does the book say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the book |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Both: dread and wet clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:o1:1
# text = Both: dread and wet clothes
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dread	dread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only from fear and fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:o2:1
# text = Only from fear and fright
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither: he was just excited to be out at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:o3:1
# text = Neither: he was just excited to be out at night
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  | night | excited, neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only from the cold night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t4:o4:1
# text = Only from the cold night
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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