Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

«Slumber gathered him forthwith, as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine.» What does this picture mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Slumber, picture · What happens: gather, fold, mean · To what, where: him, swathe, arms

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: «Slumber gathered him forthwith, as a swathe of barley is folded into the arms of the reaping machine.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 gathered	punct
2	Slumber	slumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gathered	nsubj
3	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gathered	obj
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	_	3 gathered	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 folded	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 folded	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 swathe	det
9	swathe	swathe	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 folded	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 barley	case
11	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 swathe	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 folded	aux:pass
13	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 gathered	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 arms	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 arms	det
16	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 folded	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 machine	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 machine	det
19	reaping	reaping	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 machine	compound
20	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arms	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gathered	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather in a quote	past	Slumber	him = he				forthwith property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	fold in a quote	present · passive		a swathe of barley				into the arms of the reaping machine result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into arm=Result

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.

Sentence 2: What does this picture mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 picture	det
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	this picture						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Rat falls asleep instantly and completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falls	xcomp
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 completely	cc
7	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 instantly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the Rat					asleep, instantly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Rat falls asleep instantly, like a field of barley cut down by the machine, and snores loudly until dawn

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falls	xcomp
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 field	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 field	det
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 falls	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 barley	case
11	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 field	nmod
12	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 barley	acl
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 cut	compound:prt
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 machine	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 machine	det
16	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cut	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 snores	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 snores	cc
19	snores	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 falls	conj
20	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	19 snores	advmod
21	until	until	ADP	_	22 dawn	case
22	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 snores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the Rat			asleep, instantly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut down	participle		barley not said here		by the machine	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	snore	present	the Rat not said here		dawn	loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Rat falls asleep instantly and completely, snoring so loudly that the Mole has to cover his ears with the quilt for the whole night

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falls	nsubj
3	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 falls	xcomp
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	3 falls	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 completely	cc
7	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 instantly	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 snoring	punct
9	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 falls	conj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 loudly	advmod
11	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 snoring	advmod
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 has	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Mole	det
14	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	nsubj
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 snoring	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 cover	mark
17	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 has	xcomp
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 ears	nmod:poss
19	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cover	obj
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 quilt	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 quilt	det
22	quilt	quilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cover	obl
23	for	for	ADP	_	26 night	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 night	det
25	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 night	amod
26	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	the Rat			asleep, instantly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	snore	gerund	the Rat not said here			loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	present	the Mole				tree rules
4	cover	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here	Mole's ears	night	with the quilt	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Destination with quilt=Theme

Option 4

The Rat is slow to nod off to sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 slow	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 nod	mark
6	nod	nod	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 slow	xcomp
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 nod	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 nod	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Rat	slow property	tree rules
2	nod off	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	sleep	to-infinitive	the Rat not said here		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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