Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

«O, never, never! And yet — and yet — O, Mole, I am afraid!» What does the Rat's answer show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Rat · What happens: be, do, show

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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: «O, never, never!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 never	punct
2	O	o	INTJ	_	6 never	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 O	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 never	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 never	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 never	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: And yet — and yet — O, Mole, I am afraid!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 yet	cc
2	yet	yet	ADV	_	root	root
3	—	-	PUNCT	_	2 yet	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 yet	cc
5	yet	yet	ADV	_	2 yet	conj
6	—	-	PUNCT	_	9 Mole	punct
7	O	o	INTJ	_	9 Mole	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Mole	punct
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 yet	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 afraid	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 afraid	nsubj
12	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 afraid	cop
13	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Mole	parataxis
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 afraid	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I					afraid property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What does the Rat's answer show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 show	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Rat	case
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	compound
7	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	show		the Rat						nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Anger at the Piper for stealing Portly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 Piper	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Piper	det
4	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Anger	nmod
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 stealing	mark
6	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Anger	acl
7	Portly	Portly	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	gerund	Anger at the Piper not said here	Portly					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location portly=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A mixture of joy, grief, fear and wonder that the Rat cannot explain, even to himself, in the wood

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mixture	det
2	mixture	mixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wonder	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mixture	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grief	punct
6	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mixture	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fear	punct
8	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 grief	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wonder	cc
10	wonder	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 explain	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Rat	det
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 explain	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 explain	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 explain	advmod
16	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wonder	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 himself	punct
18	even	even	ADV	_	20 himself	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 himself	case
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	16 explain	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 wood	punct
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 wood	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 wood	det
24	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	present	a mixture of joy and grief and fear						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not explain speech: assert	can	the Rat		Rat	the wood			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient

Option 3

Love, wonder and trembling, all at once, for the Piper whom he has seen and does not yet fully understand

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 seen	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wonder	punct
3	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Love	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 trembling	cc
5	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Love	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 once	punct
7	all	all	ADV	_	9 once	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 seen	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Piper	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 Piper	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Piper	det
13	Piper	Piper	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 seen	obl
14	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 seen	obj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 seen	nsubj
16	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 seen	aux
17	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 understand	cc
19	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 understand	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 understand	advmod
21	yet	yet	ADV	_	23 understand	advmod
22	fully	fully	ADV	_	23 understand	advmod
23	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 seen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present · perfect	Love and wonder and trembling					for the Piper; once property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus
2	not understand	present · do-support	Love and wonder and trembling not said here				yet	fully property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Love, wonder and trembling, all at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wonder	punct
3	wonder	wonder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Love	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 trembling	cc
5	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Love	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 once	punct
7	all	all	ADV	_	9 once	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Love	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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