--- title: Genesis 4:14 (JPS 1917) — Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land;… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.' Who acts: Thou, I, earth, whosoever. 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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, I, earth, whosoever), 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:103 # text = Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.' 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fugitive fugitive NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 findeth find VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=express | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive out** | present · perfect | Thou | me | | the face of the land | day | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from face=Trajectory | | 2 | **hide** | shall · passive | | I | | Thy face | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from face=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is a** | shall | I | a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | future | earth | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | present | whosoever | me | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | | 7 | **slay** | future | earth *not said here* | me | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | 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} הֵן֩ גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ אֹתִ֜י הַיּ֗וֹם מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר וְהָיִ֜יתִי נָ֤ע וָנָד֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה כָל־מֹצְאִ֖י יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי׃ [Genesis 4:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:103` 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 4:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.102/) - next →: [Genesis 4:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.104/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.14/)