yonder

«yonder» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: over there — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

over there

part of speech

adverb; adjective (in "yonder hill")

meaning for a pupil

At some distance, but within sight. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is old or dialect; we usually say "over there" or "that".

examples

• And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.' (Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Don't you see the farm-house yonder? (Andersen's Fairy Tales) tree →
• And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.' (Torah GEN.22.5, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

yonder

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 192 (Torah 3, tales 189, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 21.7 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

In the corpora

• And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
• Those yonder lift up their voice, they sing for joy; for the majesty of the LORD they shout from the sea:
• Yonder sea, great and wide, therein are creeping things innumerable, living creatures, both small and great.
• And yonder comes the famous Mr.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «yonder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.