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title: So Esben got a stick and a bag, what else did he need? — Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: So Esben got a stick and a bag, what else did he need? Test 12 · ★ 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 an
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# Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

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So Esben got a stick and a bag, what else did he need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Esben · **What happens:** get, need · **To what, where:** stick

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t12:1
# text = So Esben got a stick and a bag, what else did he need?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Esben | a stick and a bag |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stick=Stimulus |
| 2 | **need** | past · do-support | Esben | a stick and a bag |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 {#o1}

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a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t12:o1:1
# text = a horse
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a horse, a bag and some food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t12:o2:1
# text = a horse, a bag and some food
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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nothing, he just used his stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t12:o3:1
# text = nothing, he just used his stick
1	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | he | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t12:o4:1
# text = nothing
1	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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