--- title: The River in «The Wind in the Willows» never gets a name, but it is… — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from… · tree and pragmatics description: The River in «The Wind in the Willows» never gets a name, but it is really the Thames, where Kenneth Grahame grew up and walked all his life: willows, water-meadows, weirs, locks and big houses on the banks. Who acts: River, Kenneth. 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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 (River, Kenneth), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:geography:062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.lesson:0 # text = The River in «The Wind in the Willows» never gets a name, but it is really the Thames, where Kenneth Grahame grew up and walked all his life: willows, water-meadows, weirs, locks and big houses on the banks. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = geography # lesson = 062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 « « ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Wind wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=2:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NN:Number=Sing 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Willows willow PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=6:nmod|HaikuPos=NOUN:NNS:Number=Plur 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=12:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:,:_ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=12:punct 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 really really ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Thames Thames PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 Kenneth Kenneth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 Grahame Grahame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ _ 26 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=32:advmod|HaikuPos=ADV:RB:_ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=29:obl 33 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 34 willows willow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 38 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 weirs weir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=34:appos 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **get** | present | the River in the Wind in the Willows | a name | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | River | the Thames | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow up** | past | Kenneth | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | past | Kenneth *not said here* | Kenneth's life willows and water meadows and weirs and locks and big houses on the banks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Trajectory | 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:geography:062-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel.lesson:0`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, 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. 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