--- title: Genesis 6:16 (JPS 1917) — A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish… · tree and pragmatics description: A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:165 # text = A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 upward upward ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 35 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 amod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 41 amod _ _ 41 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | shall | thou | a light | | | | to the ark | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product | | 2 | **finish** | shall | thou | ark | | | | to a cubit; upward *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 3 | **set** | shall | thou | the door of the ark | | the side | | thereof *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Theme in side=Destination | | 4 | **make** | shall | thou | ark | | | | with lower second third stories | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=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} צֹ֣הַר ׀ תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַתֵּבָ֗ה וְאֶל־אַמָּה֙ תְּכַלֶ֣נָּהמִלְמַ֔עְלָה וּפֶ֥תַח הַתֵּבָ֖ה בְּצִדָּ֣הּ תָּשִׂ֑ים תַּחְתִּיִּ֛ם שְׁנִיִּ֥ם וּשְׁלִשִׁ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶֽׂהָ׃ [Genesis 6:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:165` 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 6:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.164/) - next →: [Genesis 6:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.166/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.16/)