--- title: Toad asks for «the lawyer» too: «there are moments—perhaps I should… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr.… · tree and pragmatics description: 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). Who acts: Toad, moments, moment, one. 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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, moments, moment, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:047-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat.lesson:30 # text = 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). # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 047-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat.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 ×2, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=2:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 2 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lawyer lawyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=8:punct 8 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=9:punct 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 14 — - PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 — - PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 25 one one PRON PRP PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 face face VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 appos _ _ 28 disagreeable disagreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 31 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 will will NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 36 punct _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Toad | | | | | for the lawyer | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **does** *in a quote* | present | moments | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | should | Toad | | | | | perhaps *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a moment | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **face** *in a quote* | must | one | disagreeable tasks | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme task=Destination | | 6 | **die** | past · progressive | Toad | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **need** | past | Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | a will | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset will=Product | 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:047-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat.lesson:30`. **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 ×2, 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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p…, 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/29/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p…, 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/31/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/)