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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | From | from | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 source | cc |
| 5 | source | source | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 place | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 2 | Pathrusim | Pathrusim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 went | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Casluhim | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Casluhim | cc |
| 5 | Casluhim | Casluhim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Pathrusim | conj |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| 7 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 went | advmod |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Philistines | det |
| 11 | Philistines | Philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 went | obj |
| 12 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 Philistines | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Caphtorim | cc |
| 14 | Caphtorim | Caphtorim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Philistines | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Pathrusim and Casluhim | the Philistines and Caphtorim | forth, whence property | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location philistine=Theme |
Example 2
Whence do you come?" she asked.
From Indian Fairy Tales.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 come | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · do-support | you | whence property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | she | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 terminology | case |
| 2 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 terminology | amod |
| 3 | Hebrew | hebrew | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 terminology | amod |
| 4 | grammatical | grammatical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 terminology | amod |
| 5 | terminology | terminology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reserved | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 terminology | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 term | det |
| 8 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reserved | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 mothers | punct |
| 10 | mothers | mother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 term | appos |
| 11 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 mothers | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 reserved | aux:pass |
| 13 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 אִמּוֹת | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 אִמּוֹת | det |
| 16 | אִמּוֹת | אִמּוֹת | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reserved | obl |
| 17 | קְרִיאָה | קְרִיאָה | PUNCT | _ | 19 qeriʼah | punct |
| 18 | immot | immot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 qeriʼah | compound |
| 19 | qeriʼah | qeriʼah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 אִמּוֹת | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mothers | punct |
| 21 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 mothers | punct |
| 22 | mothers | mother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 אִמּוֹת | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 reading | case |
| 24 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 mothers | nmod |
| 25 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 reserved | punct |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 lectionis | punct |
| 27 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 lectionis | advmod |
| 28 | Latin | Latin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 matres | amod |
| 29 | matres | matre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 lectionis | compound |
| 30 | lectionis | lectionis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reserved | parataxis |
| 31 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 lectionis | punct |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 letters | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 letters | det |
| 34 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 lectionis | obl |
| 35 | אהו | אהו | PUNCT | _ | 36 ״ | punct |
| 36 | ״ | ״ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 lectionis | conj |
| 37 | י | י | ADP | _ | 38 Alef | case |
| 38 | Alef | Alef | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 ״ | nmod |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 Heh | punct |
| 40 | Heh | Heh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Alef | conj |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 Yod | punct |
| 42 | Waw | Waw | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Yod | compound |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 Yod | punct |
| 44 | Yod | yod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Alef | appos |
| 45 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 serve | nsubj |
| 46 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 serve | aux |
| 47 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 Yod | acl:relcl |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 represent | mark |
| 49 | represent | represent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 serve | xcomp |
| 50 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 51 consonants | cc:preconj |
| 51 | consonants | consonant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 represent | obj |
| 52 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 53 vowels | cc |
| 53 | vowels | vowel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 consonants | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 reserved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reserve | present · passive | the term | usual Hebrew grammatical terminology | for the אִמּוֹת and immot qeriʼah and mothers of reading | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for אִמּוֹת=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | serve | can | Waw Yod | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | represent | to-infinitive | Waw Yod not said here | consonants or vowels | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot consonant=Theme |
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