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title: Upon what condition did the monkey consent to surrender his liver to… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the monkey consent to surrender his liver to the jelly fish? Exam question 4 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 pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m…

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Upon what condition did the monkey consent to surrender his liver to the jelly fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, surrender · **To what, where:** monkey consent, liver, jelly fish

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e4:1
# text = Upon what condition did the monkey consent to surrender his liver to the jelly fish?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	liver	liver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the monkey consent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | condition *not said here* | condition's liver | the jelly fish |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent liver=Theme to fish=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He agreed only if the jelly fish first begged him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e4:o1:1
# text = He agreed only if the jelly fish first begged him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
9	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the jelly fish |  | him *= he* |  |  | first *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would give it only if the jelly fish carried him back to the island on his back first.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e4:o2:1
# text = He would give it only if the jelly fish carried him back to the island on his back first.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **carry back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the jelly fish | him *= he* |  | the island on fish's back |  | first *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to island=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He agreed to surrender it only after the jelly fish swore an oath of loyalty and service to him.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e4:o3:1
# text = He agreed to surrender it only after the jelly fish swore an oath of loyalty and service to him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **surrender** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **swear** | past | the jelly fish | a oath of loyalty and service to him |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He would not give it, but dared the jelly fish to take it.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1372-pg4018-part32:e4:o4:1
# text = He would not give it, but dared the jelly fish to take it.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dared	dare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	jelly	jelly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | would | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **dare** | past | He *not said here* | the jelly fish |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | fish |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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