--- title: Genesis 35:4 (JPS 1917) — And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their ha… · tree and pragmatics description: And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth which was by Shechem. Who acts: garments, foreign gods, rings, Jacob. 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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 (garments, foreign gods, rings, Jacob), 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:1091 # text = And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth which was by Shechem. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 terebinth terebinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | garments *= garment* | all foreign gods and the rings | | | | unto Jacob | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | all foreign gods and the rings | | | garments's hand | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the rings | | | garments's ears | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hide** | past | Jacob | garments *= garment* | | the terebinth | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Patient under terebinth=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | the terebinth | | | | | by Shechem | tree rules | 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} וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב אֵ֣ת כָּל־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָדָ֔ם וְאֶת־הַנְּזָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּטְמֹ֤ן אֹתָם֙ יַעֲקֹ֔ב תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־שְׁכֶֽם׃ [Genesis 35:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1091` 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 35:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1090/) - next →: [Genesis 35:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1092/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 35:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.4/)