--- title: Sick, what did Tom reckon about losing the prize? — Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:… · tree and pragmatics description: Sick, what did Tom reckon about losing the prize? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/t10/) [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/) / [Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/637-pg23661-part5/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dra… Sick, what did Tom reckon about losing the prize? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Tom · **What happens:** sick, reckon, lose · **To what, where:** prize This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 637 «Rotundia, Tom and the Dragon, part 5: Tom feeds a hurt dragon and the prize is eaten» 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/637-pg23661-part5/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t10:1 # text = Sick, what did Tom reckon about losing the prize? 1 Sick sick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 about about SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sick** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Tom | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 3 | **lose** | gerund | Tom *not said here* | the prize | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} He thought losing it might be a good thing after all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t10:o1:1 # text = He thought losing it might be a good thing after all 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 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 5 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | might | it | a good thing | | | after all | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He felt quite happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t10:o2:1 # text = He felt quite happy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | He | | | | | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Maybe it's for the best ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t10:o3:1 # text = Maybe it's for the best 1 Maybe maybe ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good, maybe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He reckoned the Schoolmaster had dropped it on purpose today ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:637-pg23661-part5:t10:o4:1 # text = He reckoned the Schoolmaster had dropped it on purpose today 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckoned reckon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Schoolmaster Schoolmaster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 today today NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past | He | | | | today | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **drop** | past · perfect | the Schoolmaster | it | | purpose | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on purpose=Destination | **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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