--- title: Genesis 49:30 (JPS 1917) — in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre… · tree and pragmatics description: in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. Who acts: cave, Machpelah, Abraham. 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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 (cave, Machpelah, Abraham), 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:1629 # text = in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place. 1 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Machpelah Machpelah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Mamre Mamre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Ephron Ephron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 burying burying NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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** | present | the cave | | | the field | | of Machpelah | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Machpelah | | | the land of Canaan | before Mamre | | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** | past | Abraham | the land of Canaan | | Ephron | | with the field; for a possession of a burying place | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent which=Theme from ephron=Source for possession=Asset | | 4 | **possess** | | | a burying place | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} בַּמְּעָרָ֞ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשְׂדֵ֧ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־מַמְרֵ֖א בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ קָנָ֨ה אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃ [Genesis 49:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1629` 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 49:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1628/) - next →: [Genesis 49:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1630/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 49:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.30/)