--- title: Did the captain just let the monkey write, or what? — Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could W… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the captain just let the monkey write, or what? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/176-pg128-part16/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Monkey Who Could Write, part 16: the m… Did the captain just let the monkey write, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** monkey · **What happens:** do, let, write · **To what, where:** captain, monkey This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t2:1 # text = Did the captain just let the monkey write, or what? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 appos _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the captain | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Eventuality | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | the monkey | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **write** | infinitive | the monkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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} He said go on, let him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t2:o1:1 # text = He said go on, let him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He said go on, let him, and then ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t2:o2:1 # text = He said go on, let him, and then ran off 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **run off** | past | He *not said here* | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He told him to stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t2:o3:1 # text = He told him to stop 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} He made him wait outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:176-pg128-part16:t2:o4:1 # text = He made him wait outside 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 outside outside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | outside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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