--- title: Toad falls on his knees in the coal and confesses who he is; he says… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: T… · tree and pragmatics description: Toad falls on his knees in the coal and confesses who he is; he says he only «borrowed» a motor-car, but the driver calls him a wicked toad — and still decides to help, because he dislikes motor-cars, bossy policemen and the sight of an animal in tears. Who acts: Toad, driver. 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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, driver), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:books:055-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel.lesson:2 # text = Toad falls on his knees in the coal and confesses who he is; he says he only «borrowed» a motor-car, but the driver calls him a wicked toad — and still decides to help, because he dislikes motor-cars, bossy policemen and the sight of an animal in tears. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = books # lesson = 055-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel.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, R7-rel-agree ×2, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=2:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:nmod 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 confesses confess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=2:conj 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 borrowed borrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=16:ccomp|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 xcomp _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=30:obj 35 — - PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 still still ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=2:conj 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 dislikes dislike VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 45 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 policemen policeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ _ 59 . . 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 | **fall** | present | Toad | | | Toad's knees | | in the coal | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 2 | **confess** | present | Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Toad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **borrow** *in a quote* | past | Toad | a motor car | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme | | 5 | **call** | present | the driver | | Toad | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **decide** | present | the driver *not said here* | | | | still | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the driver *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **dislike** | present | driver | motor cars and bossy policemen and the sight of a animal in tears | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus | | 9 | **sight** | | | a animal in tears | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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. 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