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title: whereon — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whereon» in the Early Modern English dictionary: On what, or on which thing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whereon

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**Who acts:** thou, land, bed, issue, thing · **What happens:** lie, give, curse, be, heat, have · **To what, where:** it, seed, Cursed hearth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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On what, or on which thing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereon:m1:1
# text = On what, or on which thing.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	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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The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.

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From Torah GEN.28.13, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereon:x1:1
# text = The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
5	liest	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	TO	_	8	case	_	_
8	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obl	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | thou |  |  |  |  | to thee; whereon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | future | the land | it | thy seed |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to seed=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Cursed be the hearth whereon it was heated!

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From Celtic Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereon:x2:1
# text = Cursed be the hearth whereon it was heated!
1	Cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | infinitive |  | the Cursed hearth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **heat** | past · passive |  | the Cursed hearth |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

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From Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereon:x3:1
# text = Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lieth	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
17	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	sitteth	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every bed |  |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie** | present | the issue |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | shall | the issue *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unclean *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **sit** | present | issue |  |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | shall | every thing |  |  |  |  | unclean *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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