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title: Mate, how did Esben even nick that dove off the witch? — Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did Esben even nick that dove off the witch? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 1 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

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Mate, how did Esben even nick that dove off the witch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** dove

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1657 «Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals the dove, then the king asks for a golden-bristled boar» 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/1657-pg5615-part46/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t1:1
# text = Mate, how did Esben even nick that dove off the witch?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	nick	nick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past · do-support |  | that dove |  |  |  | off the witch; Mate *vocative* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dove=Theme off witch=Source |

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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 {#o1}

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He caught it with a net

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t1:o1:1
# text = He caught it with a net
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | He | it |  |  |  | with a net | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He shook a whole sack of peas out for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t1:o2:1
# text = He shook a whole sack of peas out for it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | He | a whole sack of peas |  |  |  | for sack; out *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sack=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He shook a bag of peas out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t1:o3:1
# text = He shook a bag of peas out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | He | a bag of peas |  |  |  | out *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He shook a bag of peas out and grabbed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t1:o4:1
# text = He shook a bag of peas out and grabbed it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past | He | a bag of peas |  |  |  | out *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |
| 2 | **grab** | past | He *not said here* | bag |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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