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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road), sentence 17

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The Rat packs «a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes»: jokes for a very garlicky sausage, a ripe runny cheese, and wine (a grown-ups' drink) from sunny southern vineyards.

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**Who acts:** garlic, cheese, sunshine shed · **What happens:** pack, sing, lie down, cry, neck, cover · **To what, where:** yard, sausage, Southern slopes

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (garlic, cheese, sunshine shed), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:books:059-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road.lesson:17
# text = The Rat packs «a yard of long French bread, a sausage out of which the garlic sang, some cheese which lay down and cried, and a long-necked straw-covered flask wherein lay bottled sunshine shed and garnered on far Southern slopes»: jokes for a very garlicky sausage, a ripe runny cheese, and wine (a grown-ups' drink) from sunny southern vineyards.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = books
# lesson = 059-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road.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 ×4, R7-rel-agree ×2
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	packs	pack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=19:det
18	garlic	garlic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	down	down	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
31	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=33:compound
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	_
33	necked	neck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	amod	_	_
34	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	_
36	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	amod	_	_
37	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
38	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	39	advmod	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=40:advmod
39	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
40	bottled	bottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	amod	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=42:amod
41	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
42	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	garnered	garner	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
45	on	on	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	48	advmod	_	_
47	Southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	slopes	slope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
49	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	51	punct	_	_
50	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
51	jokes	joke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
54	very	very	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	garlicky	garlicky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
59	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
60	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	conj	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=56:appos
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
64	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
65	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	71	punct	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
67	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	69	amod	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=71:amod
68	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	69	punct	_	_
69	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	compound	_	_
70	'	's	PART	POS	_	69	case	_	_
71	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	appos	_	_
72	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	71	punct	_	_
73	from	from	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
74	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
75	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	vineyards	vineyard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	_
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | present |  | a yard of long French bread and a sausage and some cheese and a necked covered flask from sunny southern vineyards and wine |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Destination |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | the garlic | a sausage |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **lie down** *in a quote* | past | some cheese |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | some cheese *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **neck** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **cover** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | sunshine shed |  |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **bottle** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **garner** *in a quote* | past | sunshine shed *not said here* | Southern slopes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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): R5-strong ×4, R7-rel-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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