--- title: Genesis 4:12 (JPS 1917) — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto the… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.' Who acts: thou, ground, fugitive. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thou, ground, fugitive), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:GEN:101 # text = When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.' 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 tillest till VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fugitive fugitive NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **till** | present | thou | the ground | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **yield** | shall | ground | voice's strength | | | | unto thee; henceforth *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | a fugitive and a wanderer | | | the earth | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} כִּ֤י תַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה לֹֽא־תֹסֵ֥ף תֵּת־כֹּחָ֖הּ לָ֑ךְ נָ֥ע וָנָ֖ד תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה בָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Genesis 4:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:101` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Genesis 4:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.100/) - next →: [Genesis 4:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.102/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.12/)