--- title: Why did the rocket reckon he was made for public life? — The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocke… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the rocket reckon he was made for public life? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2041-pg902-part11/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocke…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2041-pg902-part11/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket… Why did the rocket reckon he was made for public life? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rocket · **What happens:** reckon, make · **To what, where:** he This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2041-pg902-part11/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t13:1 # text = Why did the rocket reckon he was made for public life? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the rocket | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past · passive | | he | | | | for public life | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for life=Asset | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He thought he was amazing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t13:o1:1 # text = He thought he was amazing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | amazing *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He thought he was dead cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t13:o2:1 # text = He thought he was dead cool 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | cool *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was amazing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t13:o3:1 # text = He was amazing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | amazing *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He figured he was the best ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:t13:o4:1 # text = He figured he was the best 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 figured figure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **figure** | past | He | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | **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. 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