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title: thereof — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thereof» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Of that or of those just mentioned. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thereof

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**Who acts:** they, story, It, author · **What happens:** mention, move, tell, be, employ, use · **To what, where:** way, swifter, Hebrew terms, novel way, animal organs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Of that or of those just mentioned.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereof:m1:1
# text = Of that or of those just mentioned.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mention** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread;

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From Torah EXO.39.36, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereof:x1:1
# text = the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread;
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	showbread	showbread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Swiftly they moved on their way, but the story that tells thereof moves still swifter.

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereof:x2:1
# text = Swiftly they moved on their way, but the story that tells thereof moves still swifter.
1	Swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	swifter	swifter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | they |  |  | their way |  | swiftly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on way=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the story |  |  |  |  | thereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **move** | present | the story | swifter |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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It is unclear if the author or editor of this section is employing Hebrew terms in a novel way, is unfamiliar with human physiology, or is using animal organs to some symbolic effect, or some combination thereof.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereof:x3:1
# text = It is unclear if the author or editor of this section is employing Hebrew terms in a novel way, is unfamiliar with human physiology, or is using animal organs to some symbolic effect, or some combination thereof.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unclear	unclear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	editor	editor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	novel	novel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	physiology	physiology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
30	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	organs	organ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	35	det	_	_
34	symbolic	symbolic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	39	det	_	_
39	combination	combination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	_
40	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | unclear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | the author or editor of this section | Hebrew terms |  | a novel way |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with human physiology; unfamiliar *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **use** | present · progressive |  | animal organs |  |  |  | to some symbolic effect | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent organ=Patient |

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