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

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**Who acts:** Abraham, thou, he, you, we · **What happens:** say, beware, not bring, go, speak, get down · **To what, where:** thou, son, word, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To that place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thither:m1:1
# text = To that place.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	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 Abraham said unto him: 'Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither.

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From Torah GEN.24.6, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thither:x1:1
# text = And Abraham said unto him: 'Beware thou that thou bring not my son back thither.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Beware	beware	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	obj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nsubj	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
14	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
17	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abraham |  |  |  |  | unto him *= he* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **beware** | infinitive | Abraham *not said here* | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **bring** | infinitive | thou |  | my son |  |  | thither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thither he went without speaking a word.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thither:x2:1
# text = Thither he went without speaking a word.
1	Thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | he *not said here* | a word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'

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From Torah GEN.42.2, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thither:x3:1
# text = Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get down** | imperative | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  | thither *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for us | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent for we=Asset from thence=Source |
| 3 | **live** | may | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **die** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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