--- title: Genesis 35:2 (JPS 1917) — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: '… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; Who acts: Jacob, strange gods. 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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, strange gods), 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:1089 # text = Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 18 away away ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 among among ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 purify purify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 change change VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob | | | | then | unto Jacob's household; to all | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to all=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | with God | tree rules | | 3 | **put away** | infinitive | | | the strange gods | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent god=Goal | | 4 | **is** | present | the strange gods | | | | | among you | tree rules | | 5 | **purify** | infinitive | | yourselves | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent yourselves=Patient | | 6 | **change** | infinitive | | your garments | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ הָסִ֜רוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ [Genesis 35:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1089` 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 35:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1088/) - next →: [Genesis 35:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1090/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 35:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.2/)