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title: wherein — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wherein» in the Early Modern English dictionary: In what place, thing or way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wherein

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**Who acts:** cities, encampments, he, beauteous maiden, they · **What happens:** dwell, burnt, find, meet, explain, go in · **To what, where:** himself, different world, beauteous maiden, everything, him, two

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In what place, thing or way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wherein:m1:1
# text = In what place, thing or way.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

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From Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wherein:x1:1
# text = And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	encampments	encampment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | past | their cities in the places |  |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **burnt** | present | cities's encampments |  |  |  |  | with fire | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Presently he finds himself in a different world, wherein he meets a beauteous maiden who explains everything to him.

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wherein:x2:1
# text = Presently he finds himself in a different world, wherein he meets a beauteous maiden who explains everything to him.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	beauteous	beauteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | he | himself *= he* |  | a different world |  | presently *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |
| 2 | **meet** | present | he | a beauteous maiden |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | a beauteous maiden | everything | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Topic to he=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.

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From Torah GEN.7.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wherein:x3:1
# text = And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go in** | past | they | two |  | the ark |  | unto Noah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into ark=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the breath |  |  |  | of life; wherein *property* | tree rules |

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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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