--- title: Wait, the raven says "you know what's behind you" meaning what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the raven says "you know what's behind you" meaning what? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1142-pg3027-part8/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1142-pg3027-part8/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre… Wait, the raven says "you know what's behind you" meaning what? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, raven · **What happens:** wait, say, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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/1142-pg3027-part8/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t13:1 # text = Wait, the raven says "you know what's behind you" meaning what? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 meaning mean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 ccomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the raven | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | 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} The raven's behind him, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t13:o1:1 # text = The raven's behind him, mate 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ian doesnae know what's ahead, pal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t13:o2:1 # text = Ian doesnae know what's ahead, pal 1 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 doesnae doesnae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 dep _ _ 3 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | infinitive | Ian | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | ahead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ian doesnae see whit's comin up behind, pal, so watch oot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t13:o3:1 # text = Ian doesnae see whit's comin up behind, pal, so watch oot 1 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 doesnae doesnae X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 3 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 comin comin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see up** | infinitive | Ian | whit's comin | | | | pal *obl*; behind *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comin=Stimulus | | 2 | **watch** | infinitive | Ian *not said here* | oot | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oot=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Ian needs tae turn roond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:t13:o4:1 # text = Ian needs tae turn roond 1 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 4 mark _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 roond roond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Ian | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Ian *not said here* | roond | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent roond=Theme | **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. 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