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title: afar — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «afar» in the Early Modern English dictionary: At a great distance. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# afar

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**Who acts:** sister, Pinocchio, Abraham · **What happens:** stand, know, do, drown, answer, escape · **To what, where:** him, afar, eyes, place afar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«afar» 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: [afar in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/afar.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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At a great distance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:afar:m1:1
# text = At a great distance.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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From Torah EXO.2.4, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:afar:x1:1
# text = And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	afar	afar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | his sister |  |  |  |  | afar *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | his sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** | would · passive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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“Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape.

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From The Adventures of Pinocchio.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:afar:x2:1
# text = “Drown!” answered Pinocchio from afar, happy at his escape.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	afar	afar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: express* | past | Pinocchio |  |  | afar |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **escape** |  | Pinocchio |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

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From Torah GEN.22.4, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:afar:x3:1
# text = On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	afar	afar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift up** | past | Abraham | Abraham's eyes |  |  | day |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 2 | **see off** | past | Abraham *not said here* | the place afar |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer afar=Stimulus |

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**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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