--- title: Genesis 8:9 (JPS 1917) — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returne… · tree and pragmatics description: But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. Who acts: dove, waters, Noah. 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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 (dove, waters, Noah), 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:204 # text = But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth; and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sole sole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 forth forth ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the dove | no rest | | | | for the sole of dove's foot | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent rest=Theme for sole=Beneficiary | | 2 | **return** | past | dove | | | | | unto Noah; to the ark *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to ark=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | the waters | | | the face | | of the whole earth | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | past | Noah | Noah's hand | | | | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **take** | past | Noah *not said here* | | dove | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 6 | **bring in** | past | Noah *not said here* | dove | | the ark | | unto Noah | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Asset | 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} וְלֹֽא־מָצְאָה֩ הַיּוֹנָ֨ה מָנ֜וֹחַ לְכַף־רַגְלָ֗הּ וַתָּ֤שָׁב אֵלָיו֙ אֶל־הַתֵּבָ֔ה כִּי־מַ֖יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙ וַיִּקָּחֶ֔הָ וַיָּבֵ֥א אֹתָ֛הּ אֵלָ֖יו אֶל־הַתֵּבָֽה׃ [Genesis 8:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:204` 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 8:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.203/) - next →: [Genesis 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.205/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.9/)