--- title: Genesis 4:26 (JPS 1917) — And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his nam… · tree and pragmatics description: And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Who acts: Seth, men. 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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 (Seth, 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:115 # text = And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh; then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Seth Seth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 Enosh Enosh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | a son | Seth | there | | to Seth | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **call** | past | Seth | Seth's name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **call** | to-infinitive | men | | | | | upon the name of the LORD | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **name** | | Seth | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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} וּלְשֵׁ֤ת גַּם־הוּא֙ יֻלַּד־בֵּ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱנ֑וֹשׁ אָ֣ז הוּחַ֔ל לִקְרֹ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃פ [Genesis 4:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:115` 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 4:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.114/) - next →: [Genesis 5:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.116/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.26/)