--- title: What does the monkey do to show he's ready? — Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could W… · tree and pragmatics description: What does the monkey do to show he's ready? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/176-pg128-part16/t12/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could W…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/176-pg128-part16/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m… What does the monkey do to show he's ready? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkey · **What happens:** do, show, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 176 «Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the monkey's handwriting wins the Sultan's favour, and the princess reveals his secret» 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/176-pg128-part16/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t12:1 # text = What does the monkey do to show he's ready? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present · do-support | the monkey | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | monkey | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | 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 places both paws on his head and kneels ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t12:o1:1 # text = he places both paws on his head and kneels 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 paws paw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 kneels kneel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} hand on his head ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t12:o2:1 # text = hand on his head 1 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} paw on his chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t12:o3:1 # text = paw on his chest 1 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} he lays his hand on his head and bows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t12:o4:1 # text = he lays his hand on his head and bows 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lays lay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bows bow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present | he | his hand | | his head and bows | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on head=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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