from
part of speech
preposition
meaning for a pupil
1) From shows where something starts or comes from: a letter from Grandma, from home. tree →
2) From shows where something is taken off: take 3 from 10. tree →
3) From shows the start of a time or a range: from 9 to 3, from 1 to 10. tree →
4) From shows what something is made of or why: made from wood, tired from running. tree →
5) From shows a difference: different from, apart from, far from. tree →
6) (casual) «Where you from?» asks someone's home town or country; «from scratch» means from the very start; «from the get-go» (US) means from the beginning. tree →
7) (formal) The exam voice says «deducted from», «subtracted from», «derived from», «with effect from», «originating from», «as of». tree →
sense in the lessons
taking things off the table, or one number off another («take A from B», «subtract A from B» = B − A); the giver in «gets 5 from her brother»; a range «from 1 to 10»; in everyday life «where are you from?», «from now on», «apart from»; in science «ice is made from water»; in casual talk «from scratch», «where you from?»; in the exam voice «deducted from», «derived from», «with effect from»
examples
- And from the wilderness to Mattanah; (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush. (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Clear Thou me from hidden faults. (Writings PSA.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is counsel perished from the prudent? (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall I redeem them from death? (Prophets HOS.13.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- I eat one banana from the table. tree →
- Take 16 away from 17. tree →
- Subtract 6 from 14. tree →
- Lucy gets 5 cards from her brother. tree →
- I walk home from school. tree →
- My uncle is from Canada. tree →
- Count from 1 to 20. tree →
- The shop is open from 9 to 5. tree →
- Paper is made from trees. tree →
- nicked 2 chips from your plate, soz tree →
- We made the cake from scratch. tree →
- A sum of 6 dollars is deducted from an initial balance of 14 dollars; state the residual balance. tree →
- There was good news from Cincinnatus. tree →
note
«take A from B», «subtract A from B» or «A is deducted from B» = B − A: the number after «from» is the starting one. Trap: «gets 5 from her brother» means she gets more: add for her (and her brother has 5 less). «From 1 to 10» includes both 1 and 10. «nicked 2 from your plate» means the plate has 2 fewer. «from scratch» is about starting anew, not a number.
In the corpora
- And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
- but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
- And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
- Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «from» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.