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title: Looking back: in chapter XI, why did Toad's father keep the secret p… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter XI, why did Toad's father keep the secret passage from him? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter XI, why did Toad's father keep the secret passage from him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** look back, keep · **To what, where:** secret passage

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter XI, why did Toad's father keep the secret passage from him?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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	XI	XI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **keep** | past · do-support | Toad's father | the secret passage |  |  |  | from Toad | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer passage=Beneficiary from he=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Toad had already been caught and punished for stealing the motor-car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t12:o1:1
# text = Toad had already been caught and punished for stealing the motor-car
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **punish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **steal** | gerund |  | the motor car |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Toad «cannot hold his tongue»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t12:o2:1
# text = Toad «cannot hold his tongue»
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** *in a quote* | can |  | Toad's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad was a terrible liar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t12:o3:1
# text = Toad was a terrible liar
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	liar	liar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Toad | a terrible liar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toad could not keep quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t12:o4:1
# text = Toad could not keep quiet
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **keep** | could | Toad |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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.

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