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title: Dude, what's bimeby mean in the old language? — Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Littl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what's bimeby mean in the old language? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the…

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Dude, what's bimeby mean in the old language?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** bimeby

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 589 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part 25: the old man refuses more tales, then offers a ride and a string of sayings and songs» 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/589-pg2306-part25/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t9:1
# text = Dude, what's bimeby mean in the old language?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bimeby	bimeby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dude and bimeby *not said here* | bimeby |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Dude and bimeby |  |  |  |  | in the old language | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in language=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By and by, meaning soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = By and by, meaning soon
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By the river, meaning wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = By the river, meaning wet
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the river; wet *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bye bye, meaning goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = Bye bye, meaning goodbye
1	Bye	bye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	bye	bye	X	UH	Foreign=Yes	1	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund |  | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By and by, meaning the day after tomorrow when the work is done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:589-pg2306-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = By and by, meaning the day after tomorrow when the work is done
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund |  |  |  |  | day; tomorrow |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present · passive |  | the work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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