--- title: In his «violent paroxysms» (fits) Toad would «arrange bedroom chairs… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr.… · tree and pragmatics description: In his «violent paroxysms» (fits) Toad would «arrange bedroom chairs in rude resemblance of a motor-car», crouch on the front one «making uncouth and ghastly noises», then turn «a complete somersault» and lie «amidst the ruins of the chairs, apparently completely satisfied». Who acts: Toad. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Toad), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:046-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up.lesson:40 # text = In his «violent paroxysms» (fits) Toad would «arrange bedroom chairs in rude resemblance of a motor-car», crouch on the front one «making uncouth and ghastly noises», then turn «a complete somersault» and lie «amidst the ruins of the chairs, apparently completely satisfied». # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 046-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up.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): R2-punct-next ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 amod _ _ 4 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 paroxysms paroxysm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 8 fits fit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 9 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 8 punct _ _ 10 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=13:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 arrange arrange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 resemblance resemblance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=23:punct 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=13:punct 26 crouch crouch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 « « PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 32 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 33 uncouth uncouth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ghastly ghastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 noises noise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 37 » » PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=13:punct 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 41 « « PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 somersault somersault NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 45 » » PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=44:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 48 « « PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 49 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 57 completely completely ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ _ 59 » » PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** *in a quote* | would | Toad | bedroom chairs | | Toad's « violent paroxysms | | in rude resemblance of a motor car | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chair=Theme in paroxysm=Destination | | 2 | **crouch** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | on the front one | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on one=Location | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | gerund | Toad *not said here* | uncouth noises | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 4 | **turn** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* | a complete somersault | | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent somersault=Theme | | 5 | **lie** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | amidst the ruins of the chairs; satisfied *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ruin** *in a quote* | | | the chairs | | | | | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient | 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:046-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up.lesson:40`. **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): R2-punct-next ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R8-pos-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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