--- title: ok ok, what does "bimeby" mean? — Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R… · tree and pragmatics description: ok ok, what does "bimeby" mean? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/567-pg2306-part3/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/) / [Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle R…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/567-pg2306-part3/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the L… ok ok, what does "bimeby" mean? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bimeby · **What happens:** mean This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 567 «Legends of the Old Plantation, Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy, part 3: Brer Rabbit tricks Brer Fox out of a dinner» 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/567-pg2306-part3/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t13:1 # text = ok ok, what does "bimeby" mean? 1 ok ok INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 2 ok ok INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 bimeby bimeby NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | bimeby | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} by and by, soon after ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t13:o1:1 # text = by and by, soon after 1 by by ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} by and by, soon after, in a little while, as things happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t13:o2:1 # text = by and by, soon after, in a little while, as things happen 1 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | things | | | | while | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} at the same time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t13:o3:1 # text = at the same time 1 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} a kind of old word ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:567-pg2306-part3:t13:o4:1 # text = a kind of old word 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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