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title: whereupon — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whereupon» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Immediately after which thing happened. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whereupon

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**Who acts:** thing, part, pieces, he, bone · **What happens:** happen, fall, be, break, go off, whistle · **To what, where:** part, pieces

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Immediately after which thing happened.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereupon:m1:1
# text = Immediately after which thing happened.
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | which thing |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

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From Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereupon:x1:1
# text = And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	carcass	carcass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	falleth	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	pots	pot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	parataxis	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
32	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
37	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	conj	_	_
38	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | any part of their carcass |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | shall | every thing |  |  |  |  | unclean *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | shall · passive |  | part |  | pieces |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | pieces *= piece* |  |  |  |  | unclean *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | shall | pieces *= piece* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto you; unclean *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully.

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From The Brown Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereupon:x2:1
# text = Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully.
1	Whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	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	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	cheerfully	cheerfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | indoors, whereupon *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whistle** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | cheerfully *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Whereupon the bone dropped and fell out.

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whereupon:x3:1
# text = Whereupon the bone dropped and fell out.
1	Whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the bone |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall out** | past | the bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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