wherefore

Who acts: Torah, I, peace, Thou · What happens: mean, say, give, covenant, command, separate · To what, where: Torah, covenant, thee, three cities · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

For what reason; in the Torah sometimes it means "therefore".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 reason	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 reason	nsubj
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	obl
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Torah	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Torah	det
7	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 means	obl
8	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 means	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 therefore	punct
12	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	10 means	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 therefore	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Torah			the Torah		for reason; sometimes property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot therefore=Theme for reason=Attribute

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

Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;

From Torah NUM.25.12, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	2 say	advmod
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 give	advcl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
4	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	2 say	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	unto	unto	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	obl
10	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 covenant	nmod:poss
11	covenant	covenant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 peace	case
13	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 covenant	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	I not said here		wherefore property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give	present	I	My covenant of peace	unto him = he	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme
3	covenant		peace			nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

"Wherefore did ye tarry so long?"

From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 tarry	punct
2	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	5 tarry	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 tarry	aux
4	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 tarry	nsubj
5	tarry	tarry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 long	advmod
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 tarry	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 tarry	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 tarry	punct

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

Example 3

Wherefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.'

From Torah DEU.19.7, JPS 1917.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	3 command	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 command	nsubj
3	command	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 saying	advcl
4	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 command	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 command	punct
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 separate	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 separate	punct
9	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 separate	nsubj
10	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	11 separate	aux
11	separate	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 saying	ccomp
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 cities	nummod
13	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 separate	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 thee	case
15	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 separate	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 separate	punct
17	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 separate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	command	present	I	thee	wherefore property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	gerund				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	separate	shall	Thou	three cities	for thee	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient

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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