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title: What does the «long, long, long sigh» show? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the «long, long, long sigh» show? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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What does the «long, long, long sigh» show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** sigh show

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t4:1
# text = What does the «long, long, long sigh» show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sigh	sigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the sigh show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Goodbye to his boasting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t4:o1:1
# text = Goodbye to his boasting
1	Goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	boasting	boasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hello to his new fame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t4:o2:1
# text = Hello to his new fame
1	Hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sadness at the guests leaving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t4:o3:1
# text = Sadness at the guests leaving
1	Sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund | Sadness at the guests *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Goodbye to Toad Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t4:o4:1
# text = Goodbye to Toad Hall
1	Goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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