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title: hither — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hither» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To this place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hither

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**Who acts:** they, iniquity, I, you, Pharaoh, ye · **What happens:** come back, not be, know, come, prove, live · **To what, where:** fourth generation, ye · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To this place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:hither:m1:1
# text = To this place.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'

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From Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:hither:x1:1
# text = And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Amorite	amorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
20	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | shall | they |  |  |  | in the fourth generation | hither *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in generation=Location |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | the iniquity of the Amorite |  |  |  | yet | full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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I know why you come hither.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:hither:x2:1
# text = I know why you come hither.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | present | you |  |  |  |  | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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From Torah GEN.42.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:hither:x3:1
# text = Hereby ye shall be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
1	Hereby	hereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	liveth	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
15	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	except	except	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	21	amod	_	_
21	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
22	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
23	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | shall · passive |  | ye |  |  |  | hereby *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present | Pharaoh |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **go** | shall | ye |  |  |  |  | forth, hence *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | infinitive | ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  | except your youngest brother; hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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