whereby

Who acts: he, I, this, lord, ye · What happens: mean, say, know, inherit, have, give · To what, where: it, something, you, me, this · Speech: someone speaks here

«whereby» 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: whereby in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

By what means or by which thing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 thing	cc
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 thing	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 thing	det
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

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

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.

Example 1

And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'

From Torah GEN.15.8, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 GOD	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 GOD	punct
6	O	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	8 GOD	case
7	Lord	Lord	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 GOD	compound
8	GOD	GOD	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 know	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
10	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	13 know	advmod
11	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 inherit	mark
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 inherit	nsubj
16	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 inherit	aux
17	inherit	inherit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 know	ccomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 inherit	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	know	shall	I		of Lord GOD; whereby property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	inherit	shall	I	it		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 2

And now I have something to give you whereby to remember me when I am gone.”

From Japanese Fairy Tales.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 have	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 have	advmod
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 have	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	11 remember	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 remember	mark
11	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 give	conj
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 remember	obj
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 gone	mark
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 gone	nsubj
15	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	cop
16	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 remember	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
18	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	something		now		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	give	to-infinitive	I not said here	something not said here	you			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	remember	to-infinitive	I not said here	me			whereby property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4	is	present	I				gone property	tree rules

Example 3

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.'

From Torah GEN.44.5, JPS 1917.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 this	cop
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 this	advmod
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 drinketh	nsubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drinketh	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 drinketh	obl
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lord	nmod:poss
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drinketh	nsubj
9	drinketh	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 done	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 done	cc
12	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	15 divineth	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 divineth	nsubj
14	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	15 divineth	advmod
15	divineth	divine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 done	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 divineth	punct
17	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 done	nsubj
18	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 done	aux
19	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 drinketh	parataxis
20	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 done	xcomp
21	in	in	SCONJ	_	23 doing	mark
22	so	so	ADV	_	23 doing	advmod
23	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 done	advcl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 drinketh	punct
25	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 drinketh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present		this		tree rules
2	drink	present	this			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	divine	present	lord		indeed, whereby property	tree rules
4	do	present · perfect	ye		evil property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	do	gerund	ye not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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 meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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