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title: Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls. — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls. Exam question 3 of lesson 2082 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps…

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Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Jason · **What happens:** specify, restrain · **To what, where:** manner, two brazen bulls

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2082 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 41: Medea helps Jason tame the brazen bulls and sow the dragon's teeth» 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/2082-pg976-part41/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:e3:1
# text = Specify the manner in which Jason restrained the two brazen bulls.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	restrained	restrain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	brazen	brazen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bulls	bull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **restrain** | past | Jason | the two brazen bulls |  | the manner |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer bull=Eventuality |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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By binding them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:e3:o1:1
# text = By binding them
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | gerund |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Catching each by the neck and head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:e3:o2:1
# text = Catching each by the neck and head
1	Catching	catch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | gerund |  | each |  |  |  | by the neck and head | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Holding both by the horns tightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:e3:o3:1
# text = Holding both by the horns tightly
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the horns; both, tightly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horn=Location |

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

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Seizing one by the horn and one by the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2082-pg976-part41:e3:o4:1
# text = Seizing one by the horn and one by the tail
1	Seizing	seize	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | gerund |  | one |  |  |  | by the horn; by the tail | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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