--- title: Genesis 33:14 (JPS 1917) — Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will j… · tree and pragmatics description: Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will journey on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.' Who acts: you, I, cattle. 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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 (you, I, cattle), 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:1047 # text = Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will journey on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.' 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 pass pass VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 journey journey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 19 on on ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 gently gently ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Seir Seir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | my lord | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass over** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | lord's servant | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before servant=Location | | 4 | **journey** | future | I | | | | | accord the pace of the cattle and the pace of the children; gently *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | the cattle and the pace of the children | | | | before me | | tree rules | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | present | I | | | | | unto my lord; unto Seir | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} יַעֲבָר־נָ֥א אֲדֹנִ֖י לִפְנֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶֽתְנָהֲלָ֣הלְאִטִּ֗י לְרֶ֨גֶל הַמְּלָאכָ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־לְפָנַי֙ וּלְרֶ֣גֶל הַיְלָדִ֔ים עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־אָבֹ֥א אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י שֵׂעִֽירָה׃ [Genesis 33:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1047` 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 33:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1046/) - next →: [Genesis 33:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1048/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 33:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.33.14/)