--- title: Genesis 4:25 (JPS 1917) — And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his nam… · tree and pragmatics description: And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.' Who acts: Adam, wife, God, Cain. 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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 (Adam, wife, God, Cain), 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:114 # text = And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: 'for God hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 Seth Seth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 30 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 Abel Abel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 Cain Cain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Adam | Adam's wife | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 2 | **bear** | past | wife | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | wife *not said here* | Adam's name | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **appoint** | present · perfect | God | another seed | me | | | instead Abel | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme seed=Attribute | | 5 | **slay** | past | Cain | God | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **name** | | Adam | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיֵּ֨דַע אָדָ֥ם עוֹד֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁ֑ת כִּ֣י שָֽׁת־לִ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ זֶ֣רַע אַחֵ֔ר תַּ֣חַת הֶ֔בֶל כִּ֥י הֲרָג֖וֹ קָֽיִן׃ [Genesis 4:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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