--- title: Genesis 38:25 (JPS 1917) — When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: '… · tree and pragmatics description: When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.' Who acts: harlot, these, I. 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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 (harlot, these, I), 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:1242 # text = When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying: 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.' 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 5 forth forth ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 15 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 20 By by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Discern discern VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 thee thee PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Int 39 ccomp _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 47 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | | harlot | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **send** | past | harlot | | harlot's father in law | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to father=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | harlot *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | these | child | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | I | | | | | with child; by the man | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | harlot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **discern** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | present | these | | | | | | 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} הִ֣וא מוּצֵ֗את וְהִ֨יא שָׁלְחָ֤ה אֶל־חָמִ֙יהָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁר־אֵ֣לֶּה לּ֔וֹ אָנֹכִ֖י הָרָ֑ה וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַכֶּר־נָ֔א לְמִ֞י הַחֹתֶ֧מֶת וְהַפְּתִילִ֛ים וְהַמַּטֶּ֖ה הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ [Genesis 38:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1242` 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 38:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1241/) - next →: [Genesis 38:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1243/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.25/)