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title: The song begins: «The Toad—came—home! / There was panic in the parlo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: The song begins: «The Toad—came—home! / There was panic in the parlours and howling in the halls, / There was crying in the cow-sheds and shrieking in the stalls, / When the Toad—came—home!» The second verse («There was smashing in of window and crashing in of door») ends the same way. Who acts: son
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# The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book), sentence 14

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The song begins: «The Toad—came—home! / There was panic in the parlours and howling in the halls, / There was crying in the cow-sheds and shrieking in the stalls, / When the Toad—came—home!» The second verse («There was smashing in of window and crashing in of door») ends the same way.

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**Who acts:** song, Toad, panic, second verse · **What happens:** begin, come, be, howl, cry, shriek · **To what, where:** parlours, cow sheds, stalls, window, door, same way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the lesson «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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 (song, Toad, panic, second verse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:books:073-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad.lesson:14
# text = The song begins: «The Toad—came—home! / There was panic in the parlours and howling in the halls, / There was crying in the cow-sheds and shrieking in the stalls, / When the Toad—came—home!» The second verse («There was smashing in of window and crashing in of door») ends the same way.
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = books
# lesson = 073-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad.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 ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=9:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:parataxis
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
13	/	/	SYM	SYM	_	3	punct	_	_
14	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
15	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parlours	parlour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	howling	howl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	/	/	SYM	,	_	28	cc	_	_
27	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	28	expl	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
33	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	32	punct	_	_
34	sheds	shed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	shrieking	shriek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	conj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	stalls	stall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	/	/	SYM	,	_	46	cc	_	_
42	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	46	advmod	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=46:nsubj|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing
45	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
47	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
48	home	home	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
49	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
50	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
51	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	53	amod	_	_
53	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
54	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	58	punct	_	_
55	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	_
56	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	57	expl	_	_
57	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	conj	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
67	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=3:punct
68	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
69	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present | the song |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the Toad |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be** *in a quote* | past | panic |  |  | the parlours; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in parlour=Location |
| 4 | **howl** *in a quote* | gerund | the song *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the halls | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past · progressive | the song *not said here* |  |  | the cow sheds |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shed=Location |
| 6 | **shriek** *in a quote* | gerund | the song *not said here* |  |  | the stalls |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stall=Location |
| 7 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the Toad |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **smash** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the song *not said here* |  |  | window |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in window=Destination |
| 9 | **crash** *in a quote* | gerund | the song *not said here* |  |  | door |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in door=Location |
| 10 | **end** | present | the second verse | the same way |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality way=Eventuality |

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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): R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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.

See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/).

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