--- title: Genesis 38:24 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' Who acts: Tamar, harlot, Judah. 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And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' **Who acts:** Tamar, harlot, Judah · **What happens:** come, pass, tell, say, play, be · **To what, where:** place, Judah, harlot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 38:24 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Tamar, harlot, Judah), 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:1241 # text = And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: 'Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 after after ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 csubj _ _ 15 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 iobj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 20 Tamar Tamar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 26 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 behold behold INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 harlotry harlotry NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 ccomp _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 forth forth ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 xcomp _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | place | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | after *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | place | Judah | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient judah=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **play** | present · perfect | Tamar | the harlot | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harlot=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | harlot | | | | | with child; by harlotry; moreover *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Judah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | | | harlot | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | | harlot | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **burn** | infinitive · passive | harlot *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V» | 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} וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כְּמִִשְׁלֹ֣שׁחֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַיֻּגַּ֨ד לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה לֵֽאמֹר֙ זָֽנְתָה֙ תָּמָ֣ר כַּלָּתֶ֔ךָ וְגַ֛ם הִנֵּ֥ה הָרָ֖ה לִזְנוּנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוּדָ֔ה הוֹצִיא֖וּהָ וְתִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ [Genesis 38:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1241` 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 38:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1240/) - next →: [Genesis 38:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1242/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 38:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.24/)