whither

Who acts: Thou, We, he, I · What happens: have, go, know, take, return, say · To what, where: place, they · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To what place; to which place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 place	punct
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 place	case
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 place	det
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

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

Example 1

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

From Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 have	nsubj
2	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	also	also	ADV	_	9 camp	advmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 camp	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 camp	det
9	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
11	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	14 go	advmod
12	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	14 go	nsubj
13	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	14 go	aux
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	conj
15	forth	forth	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
16	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	shall	Thou	a place				without the camp	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient
2	go	shall	thou					abroad, forth, whither property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

We know whither they are taken!

From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	6 taken	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 taken	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 taken	aux:pass
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 know	ccomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	We						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	take	present · passive		they				whither property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'

From Torah GEN.37.30, JPS 1917.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 returned	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 returned	nsubj
3	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	advcl
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 brethren	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 brethren	nmod:poss
6	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 returned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 me	punct
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	15 not	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 not	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 not	cop
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 me	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 me	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 me	cc
18	as	as	ADV	_	20 me	advmod
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 me	case
20	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 said	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 go	punct
22	whither	whither	ADV	PronType=Int	25 go	advmod
23	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 go	aux
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 go	nsubj
25	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 me	conj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
27	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	return	past	he	unto his brethren	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	go	shall	I	whither property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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