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title: thereon — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thereon» in the Early Modern English dictionary: On that or on it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thereon

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**Who acts:** he, LORD, she, grave, Thou, oil · **What happens:** burnt, command, bade, see, grow, break · **To what, where:** incense, Moses, him, it, pieces, oil · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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On that or on it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereon:m1:1
# text = On that or on it.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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From Torah EXO.40.27, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereon:x1:1
# text = and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices; as the LORD commanded Moses.
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt** | past | he | incense of sweet spices |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **command** | past | the LORD | Moses |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Then she further bade him to see to her grave that nothing might grow thereon.

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From The Lilac Fairy Book.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereon:x2:1
# text = Then she further bade him to see to her grave that nothing might grow thereon.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	further	further	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bade	bade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	14	nsubj	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bade** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  | then | further *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to her grave | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **grow** | might | her grave |  |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.

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From Torah LEV.2.6, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thereon:x3:1
# text = Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pour	pour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | shall | Thou | it |  | pieces |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |
| 2 | **pour** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | oil |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | oil | a meal offering |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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