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title: So Esben wasn't even invited on the ride, was he? — Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: So Esben wasn't even invited on the ride, was he? Test 4 · ★ 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 of e
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# Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, Esben and the Witch, part 46: Esben steals th…

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So Esben wasn't even invited on the ride, was he?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not invite, be · **To what, where:** Esben, ride, he

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t4:1
# text = So Esben wasn't even invited on the ride, was he?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **invite** | past · passive |  | Esben |  | the ride |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Nah, he just tagged along behind them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, he just tagged along behind them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	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	tagged	tag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tag along** | past | he |  |  |  |  | behind them *= they*; along *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nah, he just tagged along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, he just tagged along
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	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	tagged	tag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tag along** | past | he |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, he got invited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he got invited
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, he just tagged along for the ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1657-pg5615-part46:t4:o4:1
# text = Nah, he just tagged along for the ride
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	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	tagged	tag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tag along** | past | he |  |  |  |  | for the ride; along *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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