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whence

Who acts: Pathrusim, you, she, Waw Yod · What happens: go, come, ask, reserve, serve, represent · To what, where: Philistines, term, usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, consonants

«whence» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: whence in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

From what place or source.

casensubjccconjpunctrootFromADPwhatPRONplaceNOUNorCCONJsourceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FromfromADP_2 whatcase
2whatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
3placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing2 whatnsubj
4ororCCONJ_5 sourcecc
5sourcesourceNOUNNumber=Sing3 placeconj
6..PUNCT_2 whatpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

and Pathrusim, and Casluhim — whence went forth the Philistines — and Caphtorim.

From Torah GEN.10.14, JPS 1917.

The tree, 11 words
ccnsubjpunctccconjpunctadvmodadvmoddetobjpunctccconjpunctrootandCCONJPathrusimPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJCasluhimPROPN—PUNCTwhenceADVwentVERBforthADVtheDETPhilistinesPROPN—PUNCTandCCONJCaphtorimPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1andandCCONJ_8 wentcc
2PathrusimPathrusimPROPNNumber=Sing8 wentnsubj
3,,PUNCT_5 Casluhimpunct
4andandCCONJ_5 Casluhimcc
5CasluhimCasluhimPROPNNumber=Sing2 Pathrusimconj
6—-PUNCT_8 wentpunct
7whencewhenceADVPronType=Int8 wentadvmod
8wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9forthforthADV_8 wentadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Philistinesdet
11PhilistinesPhilistinePROPNNumber=Plur8 wentobj
12—-PUNCT_11 Philistinespunct
13andandCCONJ_14 Caphtorimcc
14CaphtorimCaphtorimPROPNNumber=Sing11 Philistinesconj
15..PUNCT_8 wentpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastPathrusim and Casluhimthe Philistines and Caphtorimforth, whence propertyvn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location philistine=Theme

Example 2

Whence do you come?" she asked.

From Indian Fairy Tales.

advmodauxnsubjpunctpunctnsubjadvclpunctrootWhenceADVdoAUXyouPRONcomeVERB?PUNCT"PUNCTshePRONaskedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhencewhenceADVPronType=Int4 comeadvmod
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 comeaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 comensubj
4comecomeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 comepunct
6""PUNCT_4 comepunct
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 askednsubj
8askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 comeadvcl
9..PUNCT_4 comepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresent · do-supportyouwhence propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ask speech: ask in a quotepastshevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels.

From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

The tree, 39 words
caseamodamodamodoblpunctdetnsubj:passpunctappospunctaux:passcasedetoblpunctcompoundconjpunctpunctconjcasenmodpunctpunctadvmodamodcompoundparataxispunctpunctdetoblpunctconjcasenmodpunctconjpunctcompoundpunctapposnsubjauxacl:relclmarkxcompcc:preconjobjccconjpunctrootInADPusualADJHebrewADJgrammaticalADJterminologyNOUN,PUNCTtheDETtermNOUN‘PUNCTmothersNOUN’PUNCTisAUXreservedVERBforADPtheDETאִמּוֹתNOUNקְרִיאָהPUNCTimmotNOUNqeriʼahNOUN,PUNCT‘PUNCTmothersNOUNofADPreadingNOUN’PUNCT(PUNCTwhenceADVLatinADJmatresNOUNlectionisNOUN)PUNCT,PUNCTtheDETlettersNOUNאהוPUNCT״NOUNיADPAlefPROPN-PUNCTHehPROPN-PUNCTWawPROPN-PUNCTYodNOUNwhichPRONcanAUXserveVERBtoPARTrepresentVERBeitherCCONJconsonantsNOUNorCCONJvowelsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_5 terminologycase
2usualusualADJDegree=Pos5 terminologyamod
3HebrewhebrewADJDegree=Pos5 terminologyamod
4grammaticalgrammaticalADJDegree=Pos5 terminologyamod
5terminologyterminologyNOUNNumber=Sing13 reservedobl
6,,PUNCT_5 terminologypunct
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 termdet
8termtermNOUNNumber=Sing13 reservednsubj:pass
9‘'PUNCT_10 motherspunct
10mothersmotherNOUNNumber=Plur8 termappos
11’'PUNCT_10 motherspunct
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 reservedaux:pass
13reservedreserveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
14forforADP_16 אִמּוֹתcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 אִמּוֹתdet
16אִמּוֹתאִמּוֹתNOUNNumber=Sing13 reservedobl
17קְרִיאָהקְרִיאָהPUNCT_19 qeriʼahpunct
18immotimmotNOUNNumber=Sing19 qeriʼahcompound
19qeriʼahqeriʼahNOUNNumber=Sing16 אִמּוֹתconj
20,,PUNCT_22 motherspunct
21‘'PUNCT_22 motherspunct
22mothersmotherNOUNNumber=Plur16 אִמּוֹתconj
23ofofADP_24 readingcase
24readingreadingNOUNNumber=Sing22 mothersnmod
25’'PUNCT_13 reservedpunct
26((PUNCT_30 lectionispunct
27whencewhenceADVPronType=Int30 lectionisadvmod
28LatinLatinADJDegree=Pos29 matresamod
29matresmatreNOUNNumber=Plur30 lectioniscompound
30lectionislectionisNOUNNumber=Sing13 reservedparataxis
31))PUNCT_30 lectionispunct
32,,PUNCT_34 letterspunct
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 lettersdet
34lettersletterNOUNNumber=Plur30 lectionisobl
35אהואהוPUNCT_36 ״punct
36״״NOUNNumber=Sing30 lectionisconj
37ייADP_38 Alefcase
38AlefAlefPROPNNumber=Sing36 ״nmod
39--PUNCT_40 Hehpunct
40HehHehPROPNNumber=Sing38 Alefconj
41--PUNCT_44 Yodpunct
42WawWawPROPNNumber=Sing44 Yodcompound
43--PUNCT_44 Yodpunct
44YodyodNOUNNumber=Sing38 Alefappos
45whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel47 servensubj
46cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin47 serveaux
47serveserveVERBVerbForm=Inf44 Yodacl:relcl
48totoPART_49 representmark
49representrepresentVERBVerbForm=Inf47 servexcomp
50eithereitherCCONJ_51 consonantscc:preconj
51consonantsconsonantNOUNNumber=Plur49 representobj
52ororCCONJ_53 vowelscc
53vowelsvowelNOUNNumber=Plur51 consonantsconj
54..PUNCT_13 reservedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reservepresent · passivethe termusual Hebrew grammatical terminologyfor the אִמּוֹת and immot qeriʼah and mothers of readingvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for אִמּוֹת=Beneficiary
2servecanWaw Yodtree rules
3representto-infinitiveWaw Yod not said hereconsonants or vowelsvn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot consonant=Theme

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