--- title: Genesis 36:40 (JPS 1917) — And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according t… · tree and pragmatics description: And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth; Who acts: these, chiefs, names. 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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 (these, chiefs, names), 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:1169 # text = And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: the chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the chief of Jetheth; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Timna Timna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Alvah Alvah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Jetheth Jetheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 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 | **is a** | present | these | the names | | | | of the chiefs | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the chiefs | | | | after names's places | of Esau; accord names's families; by names's names | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of esau=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **name** | | names *= name* | | | | | | 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} וְ֠אֵלֶּה שְׁמ֞וֹת אַלּוּפֵ֤י עֵשָׂו֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם לִמְקֹמֹתָ֖ם בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם אַלּ֥וּף תִּמְנָ֛ע אַלּ֥וּף עַֽלְוָ֖ה אַלּ֥וּף יְתֵֽת׃ [Genesis 36:40: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.40/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1169` 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 36:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1168/) - next →: [Genesis 36:41 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1170/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 36:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.40/)