--- title: Genesis 6:7 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.' Who acts: LORD, I, earth. 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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 (LORD, I, earth), 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:155 # text = And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 blot blot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 both both CCONJ CC _ 24 cc:preconj _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 creeping creep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 repenteth repent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 42 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **blot out** | future | I | | man both man and beast and creeping thing and fowl of the air | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Destination | | 3 | **create** | present · perfect | I | man both man and beast and creeping thing and fowl of the air | | the face of the earth | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent whom=Result from face=Material | | 4 | **creep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **repent** | present | earth | Me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | present · perfect | I | men *= man* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶמְחֶ֨ה אֶת־הָאָדָ֤ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֙אתִי֙ מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה מֵֽאָדָם֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד־רֶ֖מֶשׂ וְעַד־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם כִּ֥י נִחַ֖מְתִּי כִּ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽם׃ [Genesis 6:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:155` 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 6:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.154/) - next →: [Genesis 6:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.156/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.7/)