--- title: Genesis 8:13 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried. Who acts: leaf, 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 (leaf, 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:208 # text = And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dried. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 8 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ _ 9 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 conj _ _ 12 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 17 amod _ _ 17 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 off off ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 49 behold behold INTJ UH _ 57 discourse _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **come** | past | leaf | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | leaf *not said here* | | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dry up** | past · passive | | the waters | | the earth | month | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 4 | **remove** | past | Noah | the covering of the ark | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covering=Theme | | 5 | **look** | past | Noah *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **dry** | past · passive | | the face of the ground | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | 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} וַֽ֠יְהִי בְּאַחַ֨ת וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֜וֹת שָׁנָ֗ה בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ חָֽרְב֥וּ הַמַּ֖יִם מֵעַ֣ל הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּ֤סַר נֹ֙חַ֙ אֶת־מִכְסֵ֣ה הַתֵּבָ֔ה וַיַּ֕רְא וְהִנֵּ֥ה חָֽרְב֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ [Genesis 8:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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