--- title: The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness) — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)», a lesson of the books course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The sun's golden disc rises over the horizon and dazzles the two fr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/) [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 VII,… # The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness) Lesson 51 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 11 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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/0/) — The sun's golden disc rises over the horizon and dazzles the two friends; when they can see again, the Vision has gone, and the air is full of birds singing in the dawn. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/2/) — Portly wakes with a squeak of joy, then searches the island for the one who watched over him and cries when he cannot find him; the Rat stares at deep hoof-marks: «Some — great — animal — has been here». - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/3/) — They row Portly back, set him down on the tow-path near the ford, and watch him waddle off until Otter leaps up from the shallows with an amazed and joyous bark. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/6/) — Now «the air was full of the carol of birds that hailed the dawn»: the birds sing again (hailed = greeted). - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/7/) — A breeze blows «lightly and caressingly in their faces; and with its soft touch came instant oblivion» (oblivion = complete forgetting). - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/8/) — The book calls this «the last best gift that the kindly demi-god is careful to bestow»: «the gift of forgetfulness» (a demi-god is a half-god; bestow = give). - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/13/) — Portly is comforted by the promise of «a jaunt on the river in Mr. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/14/) — Rat's real boat» (a jaunt = a short trip for fun). - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/15/) — On the way back the flowers seem to have «less of richness and blaze of colour than they seemed to remember seeing quite recently somewhere — they wondered where». - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/18/) — Drowsy in the boat, the Mole says the wind in the reeds is «like music—far away music». - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/19/) — The Rat hears the reeds sing: «Lest the awe should dwell — And turn your frolic to fret — You shall look on my power at the helping hour — But then you shall forget!» (frolic = play; fret = worry). - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/) - ↑ back to [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/)