--- title: Genesis 34:30 (JPS 1917) — And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.' 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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 (Jacob, Ye, I, men), 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:1086 # text = And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Simeon Simeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Levi Levi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 troubled trouble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 odious odious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Canaanites Canaanites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Perizzites Perizzites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 38 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 45 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 against against ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob | | Simeon and Levi | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to simeon=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **trouble** | present · perfect | Ye | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | Ye *not said here* | me | | | | unto the inhabitants of the land and the Canaanites and the Perizzites; odious *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 4 | **is** | gerund | I | | | number | | few *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **gather** | future | men *= man* | men *= man* | | | | against me; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 6 | **smite** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 7 | **destroy** | shall · passive | | I | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל־שִׁמְע֣וֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי֮ עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִי֒ לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙ בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑י וַאֲנִי֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ עָלַי֙ וְהִכּ֔וּנִי וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י אֲנִ֥י וּבֵיתִֽי׃ [Genesis 34:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1086` 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 34:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1085/) - next →: [Genesis 34:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1087/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 34:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.30/)