---
title: Looking back: in chapter III, how did Mole feel alone in the Wild Wo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III, how did Mole feel alone in the Wild Wood among the faces and the whistling? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/t10/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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 XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/) / t10

# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Looking back: in chapter III, how did Mole feel alone in the Wild Wood among the faces and the whistling?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, feel

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, how did Mole feel alone in the Wild Wood among the faces and the whistling?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	16	flat	_	_
16	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	among	among	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | past · do-support | Mole |  |  |  |  | among the faces and the whistling; in the Wild Wood; alone *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in wood=Attribute |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Terrified — «the Terror of the Wild Wood»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t10:o1:1
# text = Terrified — «the Terror of the Wild Wood»
1	Terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Terror	Terror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Frightened to death, like a child lost among strangers in the endless dark wood

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t10:o2:1
# text = Frightened to death, like a child lost among strangers in the endless dark wood
1	Frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to death; like a child | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  | a child *not said here* |  | the endless dark wood |  | among strangers | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in wood=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cheerful, since he liked the whistling sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t10:o3:1
# text = Cheerful, since he liked the whistling sound
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | he | the whistling sound |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sound=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Happy to be out at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t10:o4:1
# text = Happy to be out at last
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | last *property* | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/t9/)
- next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/t11/)
- ↑ back to [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/)