--- title: What is the principal moral conveyed by the Plane-tree fable? — Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Cam… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal moral conveyed by the Plane-tree fable? Exam question 2 of lesson 147 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/147-pg11339-part17/e2/) [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/) / [Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Cam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/147-pg11339-part17/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance,… What is the principal moral conveyed by the Plane-tree fable? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal moral · **What happens:** be, convey · **To what, where:** principal moral This is exam question 2 of lesson 147 «Aesop's Fables, The Monkey and the Camel: a jealous dance, a doctor's signs, a rude Plane-tree and more» 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/147-pg11339-part17/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e2:1 # text = What is the principal moral conveyed by the Plane-tree fable? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 Plane Plane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the principal moral | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **convey** | participle | | the principal moral *not said here* | | | | by the Plane tree fable | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} Many services are met with ingratitude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e2:o1:1 # text = Many services are met with ingratitude 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ingratitude ingratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present · passive | | Many services | | | | with ingratitude | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme with ingratitude=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} Many services are met with ingratitude, so never expect thanks from travellers at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e2:o2:1 # text = Many services are met with ingratitude, so never expect thanks from travellers at all 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ingratitude ingratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 expect expect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | present · passive | | Many services | | | | with ingratitude | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme with ingratitude=Instrument | | 2 | **not** **expect** | infinitive | | thanks | | travellers | | at all | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Be kind to trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e2:o3:1 # text = Be kind to trees 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to trees; kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Greed leads to ruin always ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:147-pg11339-part17:e2:o4:1 # text = Greed leads to ruin always 1 Greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | present | Greed | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 2 | **ruin** | to-infinitive | Greed *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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