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title: What was the principal reason King Aetes refused Jason further permi… — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal reason King Aetes refused Jason further permission? Exam question 2 of lesson 2083 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors sprout from the teeth and fight to the death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors spr…

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What was the principal reason King Aetes refused Jason further permission?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal reason, King · **What happens:** be, refuse · **To what, where:** Jason further permission

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2083 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 42: warriors sprout from the teeth and fight to the death» 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/2083-pg976-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e2:1
# text = What was the principal reason King Aetes refused Jason further permission?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Aetes	Aetes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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 | **is a** | past | the principal reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | King | Jason further permission |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He dreaded Jason's success

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = He dreaded Jason's success
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dread** | past | He | Jason's success |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer success=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He feared Medea's betrayal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = He feared Medea's betrayal
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Medea	Medea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | He | Medea's betrayal |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer betrayal=Stimulus |
| 2 | **betray** |  | Medea |  |  |  |  |  | nom betrayal «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He hated Jason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = He hated Jason
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jason	Jason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | He | Jason |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jason=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2083-pg976-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = He was jealous
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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