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title: The Mole: «You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of you… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Mole: «You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of yours, from the very moment that I fell and cut my shin, and you looked at the cut, and at once your majestic mind said to itself, "Door-scraper!"» and «If I only had your head, Ratty——». Who acts: You, Rat, majestic mind, your. A sent
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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door), sentence 34

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The Mole: «You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of yours, from the very moment that I fell and cut my shin, and you looked at the cut, and at once your majestic mind said to itself, "Door-scraper!"» and «If I only had your head, Ratty——».

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**Who acts:** You, Rat, majestic mind, your · **What happens:** argue out, fall, cut, look, say, have · **To what, where:** point, very moment, shin, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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 (You, Rat, majestic mind, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:books:036-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper.lesson:34
# text = The Mole: «You argued it out, step by step, in that wise head of yours, from the very moment that I fell and cut my shin, and you looked at the cut, and at once your majestic mind said to itself, "Door-scraper!"» and «If I only had your head, Ratty——».
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = books
# lesson = 036-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper.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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	very	very	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_
24	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
25	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=24:advcl
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
30	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=27:conj
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
41	at	at	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	46	obl:unmarked	_	_
43	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
44	majestic	majestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	parataxis	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	46	obl	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	53	punct	_	_
51	Door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
52	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	_
53	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	ccomp	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:conj
54	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	53	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=2:punct
55	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
56	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	_
59	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
60	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	only	only	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
63	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	vocative	_	_
67	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
68	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
69	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue out** *speech: disagree* *in a quote* | past | You | point |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | the Rat *= rat* | the very moment |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cut** *in a quote* | past | the Rat *= rat* *not said here* | my shin |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shin=Product |
| 4 | **look** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | at the cut | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at cut=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | your majestic mind |  | point |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to itself=Recipient |
| 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the Rat *= rat* | your head |  |  |  | Ratty *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 7 | **mind** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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**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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2. **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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