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# whereupon

conjunction; adverb

«whereupon» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Immediately after which thing happened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#m1)

### Then and now

Today we say "and then" or "after which"; the word is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

### Examples

- 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. (Torah LEV.11.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x1)
- Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. (The Brown Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x2)
- Whereupon the bone dropped and fell out. (Indian Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/#x3)

### Note

Today: and then; after which.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whereupon» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereupon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whereupon» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/whereupon.html) on Mova free.