--- title: Genesis 34:7 (JPS 1917) — And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and… · tree and pragmatics description: And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. Who acts: sons, cattle, son. 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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 (sons, cattle, son), 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:1061 # text = And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 wroth wroth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 vile vile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 in in SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 44 which which DET WDT PronType=Rel 45 det _ _ 45 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | the sons of Jacob | | | the field | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from field=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hear** | past | cattle | field | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **grieve** | past · passive | | the men | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | cattle | | | | | wroth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **wrought** | past · perfect | son | a vile deed | | Israel | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lie** | gerund | son *not said here* | | | | | with Jacob's daughter | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **do** | ought · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | 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} וּבְנֵ֨י יַעֲקֹ֜ב בָּ֤אוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙ כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיִּ֥חַר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹ֑ד כִּֽי־נְבָלָ֞ה עָשָׂ֣ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכֵ֖ן לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃ [Genesis 34:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1061` 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 34:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1060/) - next →: [Genesis 34:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1062/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 34:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.7/)