--- title: Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. Who acts: LORD God, thou. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — LORD God, thou — and what happens in the verse to this, thou, belly, dust, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 50 chapters of Genesis on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַיֹּאמֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ֮ כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּאת֒ אָר֤וּר אַתָּה֙ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וּמִכֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ֣ תֵלֵ֔ךְ וְעָפָ֥ר תֹּאכַ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ [And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.75/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:GEN:69 # text = וַיֹּאמֶר֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֶֽל־הַנָּחָשׁ֮ כִּ֣י עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּאת֒ אָר֤וּר אַתָּה֙ מִכָּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וּמִכֹּ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ֣ תֵלֵ֔ךְ וְעָפָ֥ר תֹּאכַ֖ל כָּל־יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ # verse = GEN.3.14 1-2 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_3:14!1|MId=o010030140011|Strong=2050b 2 יֹּאמֶר֩ אָמַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=he.said|Ref=GEN_3:14!1|MId=o010030140012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:010030140021;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 יְהֹוָ֨ה יהוה PROPN _ _ 2 nsubj _ Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=GEN_3:14!2|MId=o010030140021|Strong=3068 4 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהִים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 3 appos _ Gloss=God|Ref=GEN_3:14!3|MId=o010030140031|Strong=0430 5 ׀ ׀ PUNCT _ _ 4 punct _ Ref=GEN_3:14!3 6 אֶֽל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 8 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=GEN_3:14!4|MId=o010030140041|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 7-8 הַנָּחָשׁ֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 8 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=GEN_3:14!5|MId=o010030140051|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 8 נָּחָשׁ֮ נָחָשׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=snake|Ref=GEN_3:14!5|MId=o010030140052|Strong=5175 9 כִּ֣י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 10 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=GEN_3:14!6|MId=o010030140061|Strong=3588 10 עָשִׂ֣יתָ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 advcl _ Gloss=you.have.done|Ref=GEN_3:14!7|MId=o010030140071|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:010030140052;A1:010030140081;|Type=qatal 11 זֹּאת֒ זֹאת PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ Gloss=this|Ref=GEN_3:14!8|MId=o010030140081|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative 12 אָר֤וּר אָרַר VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ Gloss=[are].cursed|Ref=GEN_3:14!9|MId=o010030140091|Strong=0779|Frame=A1:010030140101;|Type=participle_passive 13 אַתָּה֙ אַתָּה PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ Gloss=you|Ref=GEN_3:14!10|MId=o010030140101|Strong=0859|Type=personal 14-15 מִכָּל־ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 15 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=GEN_3:14!11|MId=o010030140111|Strong=4480 15 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 12 obl _ Gloss=than.all|Ref=GEN_3:14!11|MId=o010030140112|Strong=3605 16-17 הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 17 det _ Gloss=(the)|Ref=GEN_3:14!12|MId=o010030140121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 17 בְּהֵמָ֔ה בְּהֵמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 15 compound:smixut _ Gloss=livestock|Ref=GEN_3:14!12|MId=o010030140122|Strong=0929 18-20 וּמִכֹּ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 20 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_3:14!13|MId=o010030140131|Strong=2050b 19 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 20 case _ Gloss=more|Ref=GEN_3:14!13|MId=o010030140132|Strong=4480 20 כֹּ֖ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 conj _ Gloss=than.every|Ref=GEN_3:14!13|MId=o010030140133|Strong=3605 21 חַיַּ֣ת חַיָּה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 20 compound:smixut _ Gloss=(the).animal|Ref=GEN_3:14!14|MId=o010030140141|Strong=2416c 22-23 הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 23 det _ Gloss=of|Ref=GEN_3:14!15|MId=o010030140151|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 23 שָּׂדֶ֑ה שָׂדֶה NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 21 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.field|Ref=GEN_3:14!15|MId=o010030140152|Strong=7704 24 עַל־ עַל ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=on|Ref=GEN_3:14!16|MId=o010030140161|Strong=5921|SpaceAfter=No 25-26 גְּחֹנְךָ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 גְּחֹנ גָּחוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 27 obl _ Gloss=belly|Ref=GEN_3:14!17|MId=o010030140171|Strong=1512 26 ְךָ֣ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_3:14!17|MId=o010030140172|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 27 תֵלֵ֔ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=you.will.go|Ref=GEN_3:14!18|MId=o010030140181|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:010030140052;|Type=yiqtol 28-29 וְעָפָ֥ר _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 30 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=GEN_3:14!19|MId=o010030140191|Strong=2050b 29 עָפָ֥ר עָפָר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 obj _ Gloss=dust|Ref=GEN_3:14!19|MId=o010030140192|Strong=6083 30 תֹּאכַ֖ל אָכַל VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you.will.eat|Ref=GEN_3:14!20|MId=o010030140201|Strong=0398|Frame=A0:010030140052;A1:010030140192;|Type=yiqtol 31 כָּל־ כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 30 obl _ Gloss=all|Ref=GEN_3:14!21|MId=o010030140211|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No 32 יְמֵ֥י יוֹם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 31 compound:smixut _ Gloss=the.days|Ref=GEN_3:14!22|MId=o010030140221|Strong=3117 33-34 חַיֶּֽיךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 33 חַיֶּֽי חַיִּים NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Plur 32 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.life|Ref=GEN_3:14!23|MId=o010030140231|Strong=2416 34 ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=GEN_3:14!23|MId=o010030140232|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 35 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 34 punct _ Ref=GEN_3:14!23 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: speech with no frame - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | יֹּאמֶר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal | יְהֹוָה *Yahweh* | | | | | עָשִׂיתָ *you have done* | qatal · qal | נָּחָשׁ *snake* | זֹּאת *this* | | | | אָרוּר *\[are\] cursed* | participle passive · qal | | אַתָּה *you* | | | | תֵלֵךְ *you will go* | yiqtol · qal | נָּחָשׁ *snake* | | | | | תֹּאכַל *you will eat* | yiqtol · qal | נָּחָשׁ *snake* | עָפָר *dust* | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## Targum Onkelos {#onkelos} וַאֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְחִוְיָא אֲרֵי עֲבַדְתָּ דָּא לִיט אַתְּ מִכָּל בְּעִירָא וּמִכֹּל חֵוַת בָּרָא עַל מְעָךְ תֵּיזִילּ וְעַפְרָא תֵיכוּל כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיָּיךְ The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.75/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). Hebrew sentence `wlc:GEN:69`. - ← previous: [Genesis 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.13/) - next →: [Genesis 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.15/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/3/)