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title: Genesis 48:7 (JPS 1917) — And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the l… · tree and pragmatics
description: And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.' Who acts: I, Rachel, way, same. Genesis 48:7 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree 
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# Genesis 48:7 · JPS 1917

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And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.'

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**Who acts:** I, Rachel, way, same · **What happens:** come, die, be, bury · **To what, where:** Paddan, way, Beth lehem

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This is Genesis 48:7 · 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 (I, Rachel, way, same), 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:1582
# text = And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died unto me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth-lehem.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Paddan	Paddan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
12	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Canaan	Canaan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	27	mark	_	_
26	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	27	expl	_	_
27	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
28	still	still	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	30	det	_	_
30	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	acl	_	_
33	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Ephrath	Ephrath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
39	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Ephrath	Ephrath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	nsubj	_	_
49	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	cop	_	_
50	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	_
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	_
52	lehem	lehem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
54	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | I |  |  | Paddan |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from paddan=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **die** | past | Rachel |  |  |  |  | as me; unto me; in the way; in the land of Canaan | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in land=Attribute |
| 3 | **be** | past | some way |  |  | there | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | some way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Ephrath | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **bury** | past | I | way |  | the way to Ephrath; there |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in way=Destination |
| 6 | **is a** | present | the same | Beth lehem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ בְּבֹאִ֣י מִפַּדָּ֗ן מֵ֩תָה֩ עָלַ֨י רָחֵ֜ל בְּאֶ֤רֶץ כְּנַ֙עַן֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ בְּע֥וֹד כִּבְרַת־אֶ֖רֶץ לָבֹ֣א אֶפְרָ֑תָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ שָּׁם֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אֶפְרָ֔ת הִ֖וא בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

[Genesis 48:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.7/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1582` of Mova's parse database.

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