--- title: Genesis 33:13 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender,… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. Who acts: God, lord, children, flocks. 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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 (God, lord, children, flocks), 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:1046 # text = And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 iobj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 24 suck suck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 overdrive overdrive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | gift | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | My lord | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | the children | | | | | tender *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | gerund | the flocks and herds *not said here* | suck | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suck=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | the flocks and herds | a care | me | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **overdrive** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | flocks *= flock* | children *= child* | | | day | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | future | all flocks | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֲדֹנִ֤י יֹדֵ֙עַ֙ כִּֽי־הַיְלָדִ֣ים רַכִּ֔ים וְהַצֹּ֥אן וְהַבָּקָ֖ר עָל֣וֹת עָלָ֑י וּדְפָקוּם֙ י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד וָמֵ֖תוּ כָּל־הַצֹּֽאן׃ [Genesis 33:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1046` 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 33:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1045/) - next →: [Genesis 33:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1047/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 33:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.13/)