wherewithal

Who acts: wherewithal, He, I, They · What happens: be, mean, need, do, have, treat · To what, where: money, something, things, wherewithal, friends, boat · Speech: someone speaks here

«wherewithal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: wherewithal in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The wherewithal is the money or means needed to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wherewithal	det
2	wherewithal	wherewithal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 money	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 means	cc
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 money	conj
8	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 means	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 needed	xcomp
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the wherewithal	the money	tree rules
2	mean	present	the wherewithal not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need	participle			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	do not said to happen	to-infinitive		something	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

The wherewithal is the things needed for a task, such as food for a feast.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wherewithal	det
2	wherewithal	wherewithal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 things	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 things	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 things	det
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 things	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 task	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 task	det
9	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 food	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 food	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 task	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 feast	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 feast	det
16	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 things	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wherewithal	the things					tree rules
2	need	participle		the things not said here				for a task and food for a feast	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 1

He had the wherewithal to treat his friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wherewithal	det
4	wherewithal	wherewithal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 treat	mark
6	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 treat	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	the wherewithal					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wherewithal=Patient
2	treat	to-infinitive	He not said here		his friends				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient

Example 2

I have no wherewithal to buy a boat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 wherewithal	det
4	wherewithal	wherewithal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wherewithal	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boat	det
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	I	no wherewithal					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wherewithal=Patient
2	buy	to-infinitive	I not said here	a boat					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Example 3

They lacked the wherewithal for the long journey.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lacked	nsubj
2	lacked	lack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wherewithal	det
4	wherewithal	wherewithal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lacked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 journey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 journey	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 journey	amod
8	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lacked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lack	past	They	the wherewithal				for the long journey	tree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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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