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

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**Who acts:** Thou, We, he, I · **What happens:** have, go, know, take, return, say · **To what, where:** place, they · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To what place; to which place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whither:m1:1
# text = To what place; to which place.
1	To	to	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	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	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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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

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From Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whither:x1:1
# text = Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.
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	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
13	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | shall | Thou | a place |  |  |  | without the camp | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | abroad, forth, whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We know whither they are taken!

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whither:x2:1
# text = We know whither they are taken!
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | present · passive |  | they |  |  |  | whither *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'

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From Torah GEN.37.30, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whither:x3:1
# text = And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'
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	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	as	as	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
23	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | he |  |  |  |  | unto his brethren | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | shall | I |  |  |  |  | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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