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title: yonder — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yonder» in the Early Modern English dictionary: At some distance, but within sight. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yonder

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**Who acts:** he, I, thy, you, Abraham, we · **What happens:** say, stand, go, offer, not do, see · **To what, where:** meeting, farm house, ye, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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At some distance, but within sight.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yonder:m1:1
# text = At some distance, but within sight.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'

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From Torah NUM.23.15, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yonder:x1:1
# text = And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I go toward a meeting yonder.'
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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Balak	Balak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | unto Balak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stand** | infinitive |  |  |  | here |  | by thy burnt offering | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by offering=Location |
| 3 | **go** | present | I |  |  | a meeting |  | yonder *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward meeting=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **offer** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Don't you see the farm-house yonder?

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yonder:x2:1
# text = Don't you see the farm-house yonder?
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | present | you | the farm house |  |  |  | yonder *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.'

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From Torah GEN.22.5, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yonder:x3:1
# text = And Abraham said unto his young men: 'Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.'
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	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Abide	abide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obj	_	_
12	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
22	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
24	yonder	yonder	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	worship	worship	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
33	back	back	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	29	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 Abraham's young men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **abide** | infinitive | Abraham *not said here* | ye |  | here |  | with the ass | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | future | I |  |  |  |  | yonder *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **worship** | future | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **come back** | infinitive | we *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location |

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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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