zài / jù zi / hái zi / zhèng zài / dú shū / zhōng / dú shū / chōng dāng / wèi cí / shuō míng / zhǔ yǔ / de / dòng zuò在句子“孩子正在读书”中,“读书”充当谓词,说明主语的动作。In the sentence “The child is reading,” “读书” functions as the predicate and describes the subject’s action.