--- title: The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The… · tree and pragmatics description: The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.» While saying it he hit the bank and fell on his back with «his heels in the air», and then just picked himself up «with a pleasant laugh» and carried on talking calmly: «Nothing seems really to ma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/) / 27 # The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat), sentence 27 The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.» While saying it he hit the bank and fell on his back with «his heels in the air», and then just picked himself up «with a pleasant laugh» and carried on talking calmly: «Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. **Who acts:** Rat, Nothing, that · **What happens:** be, do, mess, say, hit, fall · **To what, where:** nothing, sinuous, bank, back, Rat, charm · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of the lesson «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rat, Nothing, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:025-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river.lesson:27 # text = The Rat: «there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.» While saying it he hit the bank and fell on his back with «his heels in the air», and then just picked himself up «with a pleasant laugh» and carried on talking calmly: «Nothing seems really to matter, that's the charm of it. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 025-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 dep _ _ 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=7:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ _ 8 — - PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 11 — - PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 10 conj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 16 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 xcomp _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=19:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 18 simply simply ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 messing mess VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 25 While while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 « « PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=40:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 heels heel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 » » PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=49:punct 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 50 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 52 « « PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 57 » » PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=59:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 60 on on ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=59:xcomp 62 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 : : PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 64 « « PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ _ 65 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 66 nsubj _ _ 66 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 67 really really ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 70 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=66:punct 71 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 nsubj _ _ 72 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 parataxis _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nmod _ _ 77 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mess** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | about boats; simply *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Rat *not said here* | sinuous | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **hit** | past | Rat | the bank | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bank=Co-Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | Rat *not said here* | | | Rat's back | | with Rat's heels in the air | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on back=Location | | 7 | **pick up** | past | Rat *not said here* | Rat | | | then | with a pleasant laugh | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 8 | **carry on** | past | Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **talk** | gerund | Rat *not said here* | | | | | calmly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | Nothing | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 11 | **matter** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 12 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the charm | | | | of sinuous | tree rules | 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:books:025-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river.lesson:27`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R6-punct-agree ×4, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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