ONLY THEN  方然後

THEREUPON AND NOT BEFORE that.
Hypernym
  • THEREUPONAt the MOMENT WHEN something OTHER has HAPPENED.NB: THEN is taken as a logical conditional relation, whereas THEREUPON is temporal. The distinction needs much more attention.
    • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
      • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B.

2. Fāng 方 means "not before then, only then", and the focus is simply on the concrete temporal sequence of events in which A precedes B.

3. Nǎi 乃 is specifically "then and only then" and focusses on the concrete event B happening happening at last (after A).

Modern Chinese Criteria
方

然後

那才

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

而後  ér hòu OC: njɯ ɡooʔ MC: ȵɨ ɦu 61 AttributionsWD

Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B.

    Syntactic words
  • PPadV.postSlogicthen and only then, only under these logical conditions
  • PPadV.postStemporalonly then; after
  • PPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}V only after the time N has passed
  • PPpostS1.adS2logiconly then; only after the logical condition S1DS
  • PPpostV1.adV2V2 only after having V1ed, to V1 and only after that V2CH
然後  rán hòu OC: njen ɡoos MC: ȵiɛn ɦu 60 AttributionsWD

Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B.

    Syntactic words
  • PPadS1.postS2general conditionalonly then; only after the preceding condition is fulfilled
  • PPadS1.postS2logiconly under these logical conditions
  • PPadS1.postS2temporalonly after that time
方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 24 AttributionsWD

Fāng 方 means "not before then, only then", and the focus is simply on the concrete temporal sequence of events in which A precedes B.

    Syntactic words
  • padS1.post-S2only then; after S2 only then S1, emphasising the need for S2 to happen before S1
  • padVonly then (cf. modern 才)DS
  • padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-Sthen, at that point
乃  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi
迺  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi 16 AttributionsWD

Nǎi 乃 is specifically "then and only then" and focusses on the concrete event B happening happening at last (after A).

    Syntactic words
  • padS1.post-S2then and only then
  • padV.post-Nonly at the time N
  • padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-Sonly when S, then V
而后  ér hòu MC: nyi huwX OC: njɯ ɡooʔCH 14 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadS1.post-S2=而後　only thenCH
始  shǐ OC: lʰɯʔ MC: ɕɨ 10 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vt+V[0].post-Sbegin to V after S> only then, then for the first time
方始  fāng shǐ OC: paŋ lʰɯʔ MC: pi̯ɐŋ ɕɨ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPt+V.post-S(if S) only then V
而乃  ér nǎi OC: njɯ nɯɯʔ MC: ȵɨ nəi 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadS1.postS2only at that stage
僅  jǐn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • padS1.post-S2only then?
爾乃  ěr nǎi OC: mljelʔ nɯɯʔ MC: ȵiɛ nəi 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadS1.postS2only after that
  • PPadV.postSonly then, only after that
經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoN.adShaving passed through the time N, S happened > only after the time N, then S
爾乃方  ěr nǎi fāng OC: mljelʔ nɯɯʔ paŋ MC: ȵiɛ nəi pi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadV.postSonly then, only after that
  Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • PPadS1.post-S2=而後　only thenCH

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