--- title: What did the monkey state in order to persuade the jelly fish to ret… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the monkey state in order to persuade the jelly fish to return to the island? Exam question 1 of lesson 1372 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the monkey tricks the jelly fish and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1372-pg4018-part32/e1/) [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/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1372-pg4018-part32/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m… What did the monkey state in order to persuade the jelly fish to return to the island? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, persuade, return · **To what, where:** monkey state, order, jelly fish This is exam question 1 of lesson 1372 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the monkey tricks the jelly fish and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1372-pg4018-part32/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e1:1 # text = What did the monkey state in order to persuade the jelly fish to return to the island? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 jelly jelly NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the monkey state | | order | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality | | 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | | the jelly fish | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient | | 3 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the island *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to island=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} That his liver was hanging on a tall tree. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e1:o1:1 # text = That his liver was hanging on a tall tree. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past · progressive | his liver | | | a tall tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} That the Dragon King himself had asked him to fetch his liver from the mountain pine-tree. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e1:o2:1 # text = That the Dragon King himself had asked him to fetch his liver from the mountain pine-tree. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 16 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | the Dragon King King | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Dragon King King *not said here* | King's liver | | the mountain pine tree | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent liver=Theme from tree=Source | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} That he had left his liver hanging upon a pine-tree. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e1:o3:1 # text = That he had left his liver hanging upon a pine-tree. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | That | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme liver=Attribute | | 2 | **hang** | gerund | his liver *not said here* | | | a pine tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon tree=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} That he had lost his liver. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e1:o4:1 # text = That he had lost his liver. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 liver liver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | That | | | | | 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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