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title: Genesis 34:21 (JPS 1917) — 'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the la… · tree and pragmatics
description: 'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Who acts: men, land, us. Genesis 34:21 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and 
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# Genesis 34:21 · JPS 1917

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'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

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**Who acts:** men, land, us · **What happens:** be, let, dwell, trade, take, give · **To what, where:** men, land, us, daughters

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This is Genesis 34:21 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (men, land, us), 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:1077
# text = 'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
2	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	peaceable	peaceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	trade	trade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
19	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
21	for	for	CCONJ	CC	_	28	mark	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
29	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
33	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
34	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	_
40	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
45	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	iobj	_	_
48	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: suggest
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=suggest

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this men |  |  |  |  | with us; peaceable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | men *= man* |  |  |  | therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dwell** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* |  |  | the land |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 4 | **trade** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therein *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | the land |  |  |  |  | for men *= man*; enough, large *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **take** | infinitive | us *not said here* | men's daughters | us |  |  | for wives | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to we=Destination |
| 8 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **give** | infinitive | us *not said here* | our daughters | men *= man* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient daughter=Theme |

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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}

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הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִ֧ים הֵ֣ם אִתָּ֗נוּ וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ וְהָאָ֛רֶץ הִנֵּ֥ה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַ֖יִם לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם אֶת־בְּנֹתָם֙ נִקַּֽח־לָ֣נוּ לְנָשִׁ֔ים וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ נִתֵּ֥ן לָהֶֽם׃

[Genesis 34:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.21/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1077` of Mova's parse database.

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