diff --git a/tests/parser/test_initial_actions_parse.py b/tests/parser/test_initial_actions_parse.py
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+import pytest
+
+
+def test_initial(EN):
+    doc = EN.tokenizer(u'I ate the pizza with anchovies.')
+    EN.tagger(doc)
+    EN.parser(doc, initial_actions=['L-nsubj', 'S', 'L-det'])
+    assert doc[0].head.i == 1