--- title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets) — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)», a lesson of the books course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: One fine morning it's the Rat's turn to guard Toad. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/) [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 VI, p… # The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets) Lesson 47 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 31 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/0/) — One fine morning it's the Rat's turn to guard Toad. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/1/) — The Badger warns him at the door: when Toad is quiet and meek, playing the good little hero of a Sunday-school prize book, that's when he is at his trickiest. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/2/) — «There's sure to be something up.» - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/4/) — But don't bother — it's only a trouble. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/5/) — And, while he's at it, would he ask the lawyer to come too? - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/6/) — The Rat is alarmed — Toad must be really ill. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/7/) — He decides to be on the safe side, carefully locks the door, and runs off to the village. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/8/) — The moment the key turns, Toad hops lightly out of bed, puts on his smartest suit, fills his pockets with money from a drawer, ties his bed-sheets into a rope, climbs out of the window, and marches off the other way, whistling a merry tune. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/9/) — At lunch the poor Rat has to tell the Badger and the Mole. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/11/) — «He did you awfully well!» snaps the Badger. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/12/) — They'll keep sleeping at Toad Hall: Toad may be brought back any moment — on a stretcher, or between two policemen. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/14/) — Toad, says the Badger, keeps saying «O leave him alone, he wants nothing, perhaps he'll be better presently, it may pass off in time, don't be unduly anxious». - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/15/) — The Badger's warning: «When Toad's quiet and submissive and playing at being the hero of a Sunday-school prize, then he's at his artfullest. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/16/) — There's sure to be something up. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/18/) — The Rat «incautiously» (carelessly) tells Toad that the Mole and the Badger «will be out till luncheon time» — so Toad knows he'll be alone with the Rat. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/19/) — Toad's «feeble voice»: «Thank you so much, dear Ratty! - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/20/) — So good of you to inquire! - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/21/) — But first tell me how you are yourself, and the excellent Mole?» - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/22/) — «I hate being a burden to my friends, and I do not expect to be one much longer. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/23/) — Indeed, I almost hope not.» The Rat, missing the hint: «Well, I hope not, too … You've been a fine bother to us all this time». - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/24/) — Toad: «I'm afraid it is the trouble you mind … I'm a nuisance, I know.» The Rat: «You are, indeed. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/25/) — But I tell you, I'd take any trouble on earth for you, if only you'd be a sensible animal.» - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/26/) — «Fetch the doctor. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/27/) — But don't you bother. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/28/) — It's only a trouble» — Toad keeps saying «don't bother», which makes the Rat bother all the more. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/29/) — «Surely you have noticed of late——» … «To-morrow, indeed, you may be saying to yourself, ‘O, if only I had noticed sooner!’» — he wants the Rat to feel guilty. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/30/) — Toad asks for «the lawyer» too: «there are moments—perhaps I should say there is a moment—when one must face disagreeable tasks» (as if he were dying and needed to make a will). - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/31/) — The Rat: «It's best to be on the safe side … I've never heard him ask for a lawyer! - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/32/) — If there's nothing really the matter, the doctor will tell him he's an old ass». - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/33/) — He locks the door carefully and goes. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/38/) — The Badger fears Toad will be so proud of his clever trick that he may do any silly thing now. - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 4: Mr. Toad (the car in the inn-yard, twenty years, and the deepest dungeon)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/)